Marlin Fitzwater
Marlin Fitzwater
Max Marlin Fitzwaterwas White House Press Secretary for six years under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history. He is one of three press secretariesto serve in the position under two different presidents...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
war thinking rights
I think this conflict [against terrorism] is going to require a suspension of freedom and rights unlike anything we have ever seen, at least since World War II.
believe today briefing
The press briefing today I believe has lost much of its usefulness.
strange-places white house
The White House is a strange place.
political strategy changed
This strategy represents our policy for all time. Until it's changed.
opportunity lawyer blast
Everyone ought to take every opportunity to blast lawyers.
appalled handling
I am appalled by the whole handling of this.
distracted foreign impact number perception pervasive policy president
I think this has a pervasive impact on how he conducts foreign policy on a number of levels. There's a perception the president is distracted and in trouble.
anyone becomes confined handling house telling white
It would have been confined to the vice-president. By not telling anyone for 24 hours, it made it a White House story. It becomes a story about the White House handling of it.
closest enigma people president special telling trouble
It's a special enigma of President Reagan, that people who were closest to him still would have trouble telling you what it is that makes him tick.
ended kid man
If you wanted to tell stories, he could tell them into the night. I used to kid that every story he had ended in a near-death experience. He didn't brag, which was a big part of his charm. He was a man's man and an intellectual to boot.
fly knew wall
He always made me a little nervous, to know that there was this fly on the wall that we knew nothing about.