I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories. Theodore White crowddisappearreporter Change image and share on social
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. Theodore White democracyfloodgush Change image and share on social
Power in America today is control of the means of communication. Theodore White americacommunicationcontrol Change image and share on social
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. Theodore White buschoruscomposition share on social
With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind. Theodore White americanendleaf Change image and share on social
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. Theodore White adjustamericachina share on social
The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie. Theodore White cornerexhaustlate Change image and share on social
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. Theodore White believeconservativedownhill share on social
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. Theodore White admirerbegincorps share on social
When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he's nobody's friend. Theodore White friendreportersit Change image and share on social
