Mike McCurry

“If you don't believe the messenger, you're not going to believe the message.”

“The currency of this town is information.”

“Sometimes you have to just gut it out.”

“The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. That's a fierce creature. It's a useful creature. But it's not a pet.”

“My job is to tell the truth, and the truth is the president is not a liar.”

“The whole new Democratic Party is the old Republican Party.”

“I think any president who is not AWOL is doing a good job.”

“You can't be a storyteller and a neutral arbiter at the same time.”

“The relationship between the press and the White House is inherently adversarial, as it should be.”

“I would argue that the next president, whoever that is, is going to have to be a great unifier.”