I always liked Barbara Howar and admired her spunk. I know…

In Washington, the public and the private intertwine in such a way that they can't be easily separated. This is the city where the…

— Katharine Graham

I always thought if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough, things would work out. I was wrong.

— Katharine Graham

My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more…

— Katharine Graham

In my first year or so at the 'Post,' I began to write with some frequency on the least important issues - so-called light…

— Katharine Graham

I love Martha's Vineyard, where I have had a house for thirty years. I have loved visiting countries around the world. But I always…

— Katharine Graham

Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.

— Katharine Graham

One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.

— Katharine Graham

“I resigned myself quite contentedly to the life of a vegetable. I went to cooking school in the morning, had lunch with friends, sat…

— Katharine Graham

The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power…

— Katharine Graham

Whatever power I exert is collegial.

— Katharine Graham

Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

— Katharine Graham

The organization that I joined when I went to work, the trade association called the Bureau of Advertising, became the first of many over…

— Katharine Graham

“I believe...that education is not only the most important societal problem but the most interesting.”

— Katharine Graham

There seems to me nothing very bad about a nation's capital having good intentions - and when the intentions are magnificent, so much the…

— Katharine Graham

Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us.

— Katharine Graham