Whatever power I exert is collegial.

- Katharine Graham

What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet.

- Katharine Graham

News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.

- 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…

- Katharine Graham

A mistake is simply another way of doing things

- Katharine Graham

To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?

- Katharine Graham

The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power has no sex.

- Katharine Graham

Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

- Katharine Graham

Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.

- Katharine Graham