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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
Arab
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I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.
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People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp 'top secret' on the color of the walls.
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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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You didn't tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth.
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I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.
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I think that presidents deserve to be questioned. Maybe irreverently, most of the time. Bring 'em down a size. You see a president, ask a question. You have one chance in the barrel. Don't blow it.
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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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Life is too short to drink the house wine.
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Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary Americans.
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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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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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I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day.
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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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Everybody is in the pocket of the Israeli lobbies.
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I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work.
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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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I covered Kennedy when she was three years old and the darling daughter of President Kennedy who doted on her and whose mother did everything to protect her from the prying press.
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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.
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But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.
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