Ari Fleischer Quotes

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

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

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

If the press doesn’t get the proper care and feeding, you don’t get the proper spin on your story.

In politics, you don’t have to love the press; you don’t even have to like the press, but you sure as hell have to feed the press.

There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it.

I have as many good friends in the media as anybody in sports has. It's just that I probably have a hell of a lot more enemies than anybody else.

I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.

Politics is the business of managing perceptions.

Everyone in politics turns to the press, if only to manipulate it or deflect it.

Politicians generally don’t volunteer for press encounters they can’t control.

I did not see my job as Press Secretary as to help the press. My job was to help get Tony Brown and the Labour Party elected.

Avoid both infatuation with or resentment of the press.

A dozen men in good suits and women in silk dresses will circulate smoothly among the reporters, spouting confident opinions. They won't be just press agents trying to impart a favorable spin to a routine release. They'll be the Spin Doctors, senior advisers to the candidates

I'm not a politician; I don't have a well-organised PR machine to craft my every word.

I enjoy the press. I understand their business.

People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.

The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

In politics you learn to always smile.

People ought to quit talking to the press.

In a way I think Bill Clinton is more likely to forgive and move on or at least try to woo people who don't love him. But he never really tried to woo the press as much as he might have.

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.