Top 65 Quotes by Helen Thomas

About Helen Thomas

These are some quotes by American author Helen Thomas Journalist, who lived between August 4, 1920 and July 20, 2013.

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

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

Helen Thomas

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

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

Helen Thomas

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

Helen Thomas

It's like I say to young people who ask me about going into journalism: If you want to be loved, don't go into this business.

It's like I say to young people who ask me about going into journalism: If you want to be loved, don't go into this business.

Helen Thomas

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.

Helen Thomas

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

Helen Thomas

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

Helen Thomas

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

Helen Thomas

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.

Helen Thomas

People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp 'top secret' on the color of the walls.

People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp 'top secret' on the color of the walls.

Helen Thomas

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