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Every President hates the Press.

Helen Thomas

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Helen Thomas
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 4
Died: 2013
Died: July 20
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Winchester
Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas
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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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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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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.
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I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, I'll be one 'til I die, what else should a reporter be when you see so much and when we have such great privilege and access to the truth?
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I had a lot of fun bantering back and forth with Kennedy. But for ease and comfort, it would be Gerald Ford. He was a down-home type. I came from the Midwest and he came from the Midwest. He was nonaggressive and kindly.
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I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.
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We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.
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I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work.
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Everybody is in the pocket of the Israeli lobbies.
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You didn't tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth.
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We've got to break through the wall of secrecy. It's America's fate.
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Life is too short to drink the house wine.
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Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor beyond which the elderly, the sick, the powerless do not starve or lack for medicine or shelter.
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But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.
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I'm of Arab background.
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All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
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