Helen Thomas: Quotes, Early Life, and a List of Books by Author Helen Thomas

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"All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf." -- Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is an American author and former news service reporter, member of the White House Press Corps and columnist. She worked for the United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau chief. She was an opinion columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House.

Thomas, one of the most notable Arab-Americans of her time, covered every President of the United States from the last years of the Eisenhower administration until the second year of the Obama administration. She was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association, and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She has written five books; her latest, with co-author Craig Crawford, is Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (2009).

Thomas retired on June 7, 2010, following negative reactions to comments she made about Israel, Jews and Palestine.

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"But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.""Every President hates the Press.""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.""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.""I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.""I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?""I'm covering the worst president in American history.""If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future.""It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.""The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.""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.""There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.""This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.""We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.""We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.""We won't really know what will happen until it happens.""When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.""You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."

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Total Books: 61

Abta Members Handbook 199293 (Paperback)

As It Was and World Without End (Paperback) → Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780571101351
ISBN-10: 0571101356

Beyond Inflation Targeting a New Paradigm for Central Bank Policy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781906097530
ISBN-10: 1906097534

Biscuits (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780709018711
ISBN-10: 0709018711

The Body and Everyday Life [The New Sociology] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415331128
ISBN-10: 0415331129

The Body Dance and Cultural Theory (Hardcover) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780333724316
ISBN-10: 0333724313
Genres: Arts & Photography, Nonfiction

Caryl Phillips [Writers and their Work] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780746309568
ISBN-10: 0746309562
Genre: Literature & Fiction

Changing the Face of Power Women in the Us Senate [Focus on American History Series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780292709751
ISBN-10: 0292709757
Genre: Nonfiction

Chinese Herbal Medicine a Stepbystep Guide ["in a Nutshell" Series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781862041059
ISBN-10: 1862041059
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Medicine

Creative Dance Apprenticeships in Surrey an Elauation of the Epsom Dance and VIdeo Project (Paperback)

Creative Dance Apprenticeships Portsmouth Project Research Project (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781904158530
ISBN-10: 1904158536

Daddy What Is Success (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780615213354
ISBN-10: 0615213359

Dance Gender and Culture (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780333637593
ISBN-10: 0333637593

Dance Modernity and Culture Explorations in the Sociology of Dance (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780415087933
ISBN-10: 0415087937
Genres: Arts & Photography, Nonfiction

Dancing Into the Third Age Social Dance As Cultural Text a Research Report (Paperback)

Dateline White House (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780026176200
ISBN-10: 0026176203

Currently 4/5 Stars.

Drawing Architecture (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780714877150
ISBN-10: 0714877158
Genre: Arts & Photography

Edward Thomas a Talk (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780902616127
ISBN-10: 0902616129

Front Row at the White House (Audio Cassette)
ISBN-13: 9781590400135
ISBN-10: 1590400135
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Front Row at the White House My Life and Times (Other) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780606218146
ISBN-10: 0606218149
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Front Row at the White House My Life and Times (Hardcover) → Paperback, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780684849119
ISBN-10: 0684849119
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

Front Row at the White House My Life and Times (Paperback) → Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780684868097
ISBN-10: 0684868091
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Currently 4/5 Stars.

The Great White House Breakout (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780803733008
ISBN-10: 0803733003
Genre: Children's Books

Currently 4/5 Stars.

A Horse Called Mighty the Might and Power Story (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781740513951
ISBN-10: 1740513959
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

The Horse That Bart Built (Paperback)

The Horse That Bart Built So You Think's Incredible Journey (Paperback)

Kids Create (Paperback)

Listen Up Mr President Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (Hardcover) → Paperback

A Memory of Wh Hudson (Other)

Moods the Peter Moody Saga (Paperback)

Murder on Easey Street Melbourne's Most Notorious Cold Case (Paperback)

Nose Book Representation of the Nose in Literature and Arts (Paperback)

Personal Prayers (Paperback)

The Pudding Book (Hardcover)

A Remembered Harvest (Other)

Romanticism and Slave Narratives Transatlantic Testimonies [Cambridge Studies in Romanticism] (Paperback) → Hardcover

A Study of the Paragraph (Paperback) → Paperback

Thanks for the Memories Mr President Wit and Wisdom From the Front Row at the White House (Hardcover) → Paperback

Thanks for the Memories Mr President Wit and Wisdom From the Front Row at the White House [Thorndike Press Large Print American History Series] (Hardcover)

Things Past Things to Come Iyy and Beyond (Other)

Time and Again (Hardcover)

Under Storms Wing (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

Under Storm's Wing (Hardcover) → Paperback

Unequal Pay for Equal Parts Survey of Performers in the Theatre and the Electronic Media (Paperback)

A VIsit to William Morris (Paperback)

Watchdogs of Democracy the Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public (Hardcover) → Paperback

Watchdogs of Democracy the Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public (Paperback) → Hardcover

We Are Poets (Paperback)

The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk (Hardcover)

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