Helen Thomas Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

  Helen Thomas

  War, Leader, Answers

• It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.

  Helen Thomas

  Peace, War, Voice

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

  Helen Thomas

  War, Office, Renovation

  Helen Thomas (1975). “Dateline: White House”, Macmillan Publishing Company

• I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression. And he is arming Israel against the Palestinians in every way in Gaza.

  Helen Thomas

  War, Israel, Passing On

  "'An Unconscionable Legacy'–Veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas on the Bush Presidency". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. January 13, 2009.

• The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to inland detention camps on grounds that they might be disloyal.

  Helen Thomas

  War, Moving, Order

• Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam when Gen. William Westmoreland, the top commander in Vietnam, requested 240,000 more troops in 1968 for the prolonged war that also could not be won.

  Helen Thomas

  War, Order, Troops

• Try to reject war and give peace a chance. Question the powers that be and find out why they make the dubious decisions they do that send young people to war.

  Helen Thomas

  War, People, Giving

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