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"All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf."
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"If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon."

"We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going."

"What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others."

"I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground."

"Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference."

"The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it."
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"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."
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