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Top 10 Helen Thomas Quotes

Helen Thomas was a veteran of the White House press room spanning ten US Presidencies from JFK to Barack Obama. On May 27, 2010, she ended her career with a single quote voicing her belief that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine." She subsequently resigned on June 7, 2010 amid harsh and widespread criticism including the current and former White House Press Secretaries and even President Barack Obama himself. Below are the Top 10 Helen-isms over the course of her long and often colorful career as a White House correspondent.


  1. "Tell them [Jews] to get the hell out of Palestine. Remember, these people are occupied, and its their land."
    Helen Thomas
  2. "I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?"
    Helen Thomas
  3. "When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected."
    Helen Thomas
  4. "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."
    Helen Thomas
  5. "You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."
    Helen Thomas
  6. "I suppose that's democracy really. But everybody with a laptop thinks they're a journalist these days. That's a problem."
    Helen Thomas
  7. "At the earlier briefing, Ari, you said that the President deplored the taking of innocent lives. Does that apply to all innocent lives in the world? And I have a follow-up... My follow-up is, why does he want to drop bombs on innocent Iraqis?"
    Helen Thomas
  8. "I don't think a tough question is disrespectful."
    Helen Thomas
  9. "Both Blair and Bush have been found lacking in their credibility. Usually by this time a government would have fallen. 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."
    Helen Thomas
  10. "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."
    Helen Thomas

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