Helen Thomas quotes

Everyone with a cell phone thinks they're a photographer. Everyone with a laptop thinks they're a journalist. But they have no training, and they have no idea of what we keep to in terms of standards, as in what's far out and what's reality. And they have no dedication to truth.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

War makes strange bedfellows.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

I'm covering the worst president in American history.

There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.

I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn't get it through.

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 of asking the president of the United States what he is doing and why.

War makes strange bedfellows.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.