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All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

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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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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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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 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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We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.
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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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