Katharine Graham Quotes

“Truth and news are not the same thing.”

“To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun?”

“News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.”

“Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.”

“A mistake is simply another way of doing things.”

“We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.”

“The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it.”

“The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.”

“Left alone, no matter at what age or under what circumstance, you have to remake your life.”

“It took me a while to learn that certain people may have important skills that are not always blazingly apparent.”

“The image of me as someone who likes or can deal with a fight is wrong.”

“Once you have started down a path, then I think you have to move forward. You can't give up.”