Helen Thomas quotes - page 3

We won't really know what will happen until it happens. (Helen Thomas)
I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?' View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm of Arab background. View quote
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We began to see the renovation of our offices as a subtle part of the Nixon war against the press. View quote
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I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness. View quote
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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. View quote
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As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the press could have done a better job if we had known the real Ronald Reagan. View quote
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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 Bush to take a stronger stand against what Cheney sees as congressional intrusions into the executive branch. View quote
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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 House conversations, including the 'smoking gun' tape of June 23, 1972, that revealing the Watergate cover up. View quote
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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 beyond stated constitutional rights, and there is no Republican gutsy enough to call his hand. (Helen Thomas)
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. View quote
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I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work. View quote
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I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day. View quote
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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. View quote
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Helen Thomas I think American policy is pro‐Israel. If you take a vote in Congress, maybe you might get five people vote against any further aid to Israel or to continue its occupation. But that's about it. They control- They have vast power. Paul Jay Who's they? Helen Thomas The Zionists. View quote
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