Katharine Graham

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

Katharine Graham

"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."

Katharine Graham

"No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else."

Katharine Graham

"If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage."

Katharine Graham

"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."

Katharine Graham

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

Katharine Graham

"At least through most of the 1960s, I basically lived in a man's world, hardly speaking to a woman all day except to the secretaries. But I was almost totally unaware of myself as an oddity and had no comprehension of the difficulties faced by working women in our organization and elsewhere."

Katharine Graham

"One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted."

Katharine Graham

"Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press."

Katharine Graham