Theodore White
Theodore White
Theodore Harold Whitewas an American political journalist and historian, known for his wartime reporting from China and accounts of the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1980 presidential elections...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 May 1915
CountryUnited States of America
country party passion
The gusto of one, the indignation of the other; the challenge of the one party, the response of the other; the eloquence and the comedy, the passion and the issues were ours-no other country can provide them.
father white nannies
It is almost nicer being a godfather than a father, like having white mice but making your nanny feed them for you.
past voters election
Every American election summons the individual voter to weigh the past against the future.
men voice lucky
For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.
generosity giving
You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.
america political secular
Politics in America is the binding secular religion.
ghetto reality men
Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and they can adjust the ideas of old men to the shape of reality as they find it in villages and hills of China or in ghettos and suburbs of America.
moving responsibility men
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.
years cities two
I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.
dream 4th-of-july adventure
The American dream is not over. America is an adventure.
bravery greek grace
Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.
running believe water
A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.
cat tickling radio
With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.
art writing thinking
I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.