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President Quotes by Helen Thomas
- If you want to be President, decide it at the age of five, and then live accordingly.
- 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…
- This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.
- 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,…
- Every President hates the Press.
- I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we…
- 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…
- All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
- 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…
- I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting and told the…
- 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…
- I got into the Kennedy White House because at the time I was president of the Women's National Press Club, and they assigned me to…
- 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…
- 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…
- In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has…
- President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism. He has asserted…
- Presidential power was overruled by the high bench in July 1974, when President Nixon was ordered to turn over some audio tapes of his White…
- The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West…
- Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged…
- 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…
- I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants... The Washington press corps has the privilege…
- Many voters think about the makeup of the Supreme Court when they are choosing a president. The justices deal not only with constitutional issues but…
- I'm covering the worst president in American history.
More President Quotes
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a… — David Axelrod
- I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never… — Michele Bachmann
- I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security… — Michele Bachmann
- Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs… — Michele Bachmann
- I think that it's important that the American people know that Barack Obama didn't have a mild association with Bill Ayers, he… — Michele Bachmann
- I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband… — Michele Bachmann
- If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over… — Michele Bachmann
- The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion -… — Michele Bachmann
- What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who… — Michele Bachmann