Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas
Helen Amelia Thomaswas an American author and news service reporter, member of the White House press corps and opinion columnist. She worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press Internationalfor 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. She covered the administrations of eleven U.S. presidents—from the final years of the Eisenhower administration to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 August 1920
CityWinchester, KY
CountryUnited States of America
We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for it's ridiculous.
Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor beyond which the elderly, the sick, the powerless do not starve or lack for medicine or shelter.
I never thought about heaven per se. I think when you're dead, you're dead. If anything happens after that, you just hope you don't go to hell.
Q: What do Jesus and Nicole Brown Simpson have in common? A: They were both killed by the Joooooooose.
The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.
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.
I don't think there are any rude questions.
I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?'
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 campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.
All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
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 believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.
We've got to break through the wall of secrecy. It's America's fate.
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.