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" We began to see the renovation of our offices as a subtle part of the Nixon war against the press. "

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" I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest. "

" 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. "

" This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. "

" Presidential power was overruled by the high bench in July 1974, when President Nixon was ordered to turn over some audio tapes of his White House conversations, including the 'smoking gun' tape of June 23, 1972, that revealing the Watergate cover up. "

" I think that presidents deserve to be questioned. Maybe irreverently, most of the time. Bring 'em down a size. You see a president, ask a question. You have one chance in the barrel. Don't blow it. "

" I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive. "

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

" Presidents hate the press. They hate me most of the time. "

" I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression. And he is arming Israel against the Palestinians in every way in Gaza. "

" 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. "

" I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate. "

" When you speak of the press, of course, you have to speak of different segments of the press. Reporters, straight reporters, wire services, you stick to the facts; you don't create the story, per se. You cover what is happening. "

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

" 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. "

" I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day. "

" I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work. "

" As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the press could have done a better job if we had known the real Ronald Reagan. "

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

" Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary Americans. "

" We have organized lobbyists in favor of Israel. You can't open your mouth. I can call the president of the United States anything in the book, but if you say one thing about Israel, and you're off limits. "

" I'm of Arab background. "

" The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy. "

" President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism. He has asserted presidential power beyond stated constitutional rights, and there is no Republican gutsy enough to call his hand. "

" Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything. "

" 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. "

" But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer. "

" We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king. "

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

" It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening. "

" Great presidents take stands, and they fight off these people who really are so far to the right. I don't want to call them names, even though they would call me names. "