Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon. She became a controversial figure with her outspoken comments about the government at the time of the Watergate scandal. Wikipedia
“I don't believe in that "no comment" business. I always have a comment.”
Quoted by Nigel Rees in his book Why Do We Say ...? (1987), ISBN 0-7137-1944-3.
See Wikipedia on no comment.
[Martha Mitchell, Saturday Evening Post, Fall 1971, 243, 2, 50-53]
“I wanted to go into dramatics and become an actress, but my mother wouldn't let me.”
[Fischer, Dean, Martha Mitchell's View From The Top, TIME, November 30, 1970, 96, 22, 43, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904539,00.html, 12 September 2019]
