Helen Thomas

You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.

To my mind, a president should care about all people, and he didn't, which is why I will always feel Reagan lacked soul.

I've never covered the president in any way other than that he is ultimately responsible.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.