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.

I got into the Kennedy White House because at the time I was president of the Women's National Press Club, and they assigned me to cover the early days of the Kennedy campaign. Jackie especially. Everyone was interested in the family.

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.

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

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

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.

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.