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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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Helen Thomas
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 4
Died: 2013
Died: July 20
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Journalist
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Winchester
Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas
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Every President hates the Press.
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I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work.
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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
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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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I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.
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If we lose our title of land of the free, what have we got?
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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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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 think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.
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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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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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I don't think there are any rude questions.
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Get the hell out of Palestine.
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But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.
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When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.
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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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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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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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Life is too short to drink the house wine.
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