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
friends november admirer
Those 40 or 50 national correspondents who had followed Kennedy since the beginning of his electoral exertions into the November days had become more than a press corps - they had become his friends and, some of them, his most devoted admirers.
logic process ends
With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.
wise men president
A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward.
memories history generations
History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether it be so or not.
men power dignity
Closeness to power heightens the dignity of all men.
song night soldier
When the bus or the plane rolled or flew through the night, they sang songs of their own composition about Mr Nixon and the Republicans in chorus with the Kennedy staff and felt that they, too, were marching like soldiers of the Lord to the New Frontier.
communication mean power
Power in America today is control of the means of communication.
typewriters reporters
When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he’s nobody’s friend.
war usa presidential
There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.
television destroyed
He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.
party thinking law
The power of the press in America is a primordial one. It sets the agenda of public discussion; and this sweeping political power is unrestrained by any law. It deter- mines what people will talk and think about-an authority that in other nations is reserved for tyrants, priests, parties and mandarins.
business planets ifs
If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet..
courage thinking-of-you people
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
freedom nerd democracy
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.