“Real happiness, in politics, is a wide-open hammer shot on some poor bastard who knows he's been trapped, but can't flee.” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Any kind of political campaign that taps the kind of energy that nothing else can reach would generate a tremendous high for… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“McGovern made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem almost frivolous compared to the things Richard Nixon does every day of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“To crank up a noisy bad stance out in a place like San Francisco and start yelling about “getting things done in… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Whatever else the Florida primary might or might not have proved, it put a definite kink in the Media Theory of politics.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“There was also the fact that sending a penniless writer to get $135 worth of beer was — as Khrushchev said of Nixon —… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Cases of champagne and scotch lay broken in the street, and everyone I saw had a bottle. They were screaming and dancing, and in… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“For several months they'd been drifting toward political involvement, but the picture was hazy and one of the most confusing elements was their geographical… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
