Katharine Graham Quotes
You never get to make friends with a President unless you have known him before he took office.
Katharine Graham, 1917-2001, Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post Company, Interview, C-SPAN 1997
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Accepting the job of Secretary to the President In the early period of our history, the pay for Presidential staff was quite small and there was little established prestige that went with the positions. Lewis was a captain in the Army and Jefferson was able to have him keep his rank and pay to entice Lewis to accept the job. But the last point is the most interesting for us today.
That meant that Lincoln would go to public places like inns and bars. See {584712} .
Rogovin had just asked Califano how he felt about possibly being Republican congressman John Anderson’s running mate for the presidency
This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David.
He left a very lucrative job running a large company to take the ministry at far less pay.
William Gibbs McAdoo was a contender for the presidential nomination. As an attorney he was urged not to represent any rich or large corporate clients lest his image be tarnished. He asked if he had to remain poor all his life:
Diem appointed his relatives and cronies to his cabinet and other key political positions, and allowed the legislature to meet infrequently thereby having his family control the country.
Before assuming the presidency in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife called on President and Mrs. Hoover in the White House. Social custom required that the call be returned, but Roosevelt told the outgoing President, "I realize, Mr. President, that you are extremely busy, so I will understand if you do not return the call." Hoover responded:
Explaining why he did not accept the Vice Presidential nomination of his party:
This is one of the earliest documents articulating methods of campaigning in a democracy.
Katharine Meyer Graham was an American publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She was the first twentieth century female publisher of a major American newspaper. Graham's memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
