"As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the media could have done a better job if we had known the real Ronald Reagan."
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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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"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."
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"But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer."
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"We've got to break through the wall of secrecy. It's America's fate."
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"I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?'"
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"American journalism's crazy old aunt in the attic."
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"I'm of Arab background."
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"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."
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"I had a lot of fun bantering back and forth with Kennedy. But for ease and comfort, it would be Gerald Ford. He was a down-home type. I came from the Midwest and he came from the Midwest. He was nonaggressive and kindly."
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"I never thought about heaven per se. I think when you're dead, you're dead. If anything happens after that, you just hope you don't go to hell."
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"The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable."
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"Q: What do Jesus and Nicole Brown Simpson have in common? A: They were both killed by the Joooooooose."
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"I've always felt privileged to cover the White House and to have that ringside seat to history"
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"When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected."
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"We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous."
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"If you want to be President, decide it at the age of five, and then live accordingly."
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"I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die."
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"Every President hates the Press."
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"I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness."
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