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 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.

Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor beyond which the elderly, the sick, the powerless do not starve or lack for medicine or shelter.

I've always felt privileged to cover the White House and to have that ringside seat to history

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants...The Washington press corps has the privilege of asking the president of the United States what he is doing and why.

Q: What do Jesus and Nicole Brown Simpson have in common? A: They were both killed by the Joooooooose.