Decision Quote by Stephen Colbert

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type…

— Stephen Colbert

Every press secretary faces an enormous amount of information. Events move really fast. You're responsible for a tremendous amount of information, and again, a…

— Dee Dee Myers

One of the roles of the press is to make sure that the president, in the voice of the people, is telling the truth.

— John Dickerson

The press is supposed to serve as a check on government.

— John Lewis

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch…

— Larry Speakes

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests…

— Henry Adams

When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.

— Kasie Hunt

The press doesn't just cover presidential campaigns, they influence them by making arbitrary decisions about who is 'top tier' and merits coverage.

— Mark McKinnon

You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside…

— Dee Dee Myers

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made,…

— Donald Rumsfeld

I'm obsessed with how the press handles Donald Trump and how Trump handles the press.

— Chuck Todd

When you speak of the press, of course, you have to speak of different segments of the press. Reporters, straight reporters, wire services, you…

— Helen Thomas