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• I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression. And he is arming Israel against the Palestinians in every way in Gaza.

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  War, Israel, Passing On

  "'An Unconscionable Legacy'–Veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas on the Bush Presidency". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. January 13, 2009.

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• As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the media could have done a better job if we had known the real Ronald Reagan.

  Helen Thomas

  Jobs, Real, Eight

  "Bob Schieffer Whacks Bernie Goldberg: He 'Makes A Living Criticizing CBS News'" by Tim Graham, www.newsbusters.org. April 9, 2009.

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• Anybody who runs for public office today has got to know his life or her life will be an open book. I've decided that if you want to run for public office you have to decide at the age of 5 and live accordingly.

  Helen Thomas

  Running, Book, Office

  "Uncovering the White House / Journalist Helen Thomas talks about presidents past and present and shares memories of JFK, LBJ and Martha Mitchell". SFGate interview, www.sfgate.com. January 29, 1995.

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• It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.

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  Peace, War, Voice

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• You're only as good as your last story.

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  Excellence, Lasts, Stories

  Helen Thomas (1999). “Front Row At The White House: My Life and Times”, p.296, Simon and Schuster

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• The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.

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  Running, Country, Liars

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• There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.

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  Teacher, Peace, Blue

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• I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.

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  People, Understanding, Middle East

  "History Cannot Save Bush". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.alternet.org. January 13, 2009.

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• I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.

  Helen Thomas

  Thinking, Two, People

  Phone interview on "The Majority Report" with Sam Seder, April 2, 2004.

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• I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.

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  Thinking, Wells, Boldness

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• Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam when Gen. William Westmoreland, the top commander in Vietnam, requested 240,000 more troops in 1968 for the prolonged war that also could not be won.

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  War, Order, Troops

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• We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.

  Helen Thomas

  Struggle, Ridiculous, Election

  Interview with Adam Holdorf for "Real Change News", March 18, 2004.

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• If we lose our title of "land of the free," what have we got?

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  Freedom, Land, Titles

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• Q: What do Jesus and Nicole Brown Simpson have in common? A: They were both killed by the Joooooooose.

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  Jesus, Common, Brown

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• I've always felt privileged to cover the White House and to have that ringside seat to history

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  White, House, Journalism

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• The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

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  Book, White, People

  "Hearst" Newspaper Column, November 28, 2001.

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• When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

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  Business, News, Literature

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• We began to see the renovation of our offices as a subtle part of the Nixon war against the press.

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  War, Office, Renovation

  Helen Thomas (1975). “Dateline: White House”, Macmillan Publishing Company

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• I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.

  Helen Thomas

  Born, Dies

  "George Stephanopoulos: 'Passionate,' 'Tenacious' Helen Thomas Got a 'Bit' 'Biased'" by Scott Whitlock, www.newsbusters.org. July 22, 2013.

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• The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.

  Helen Thomas

  Presidential, News, Our Society

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