Character Quote by Carroll O'Connor

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.

— Carroll O'Connor

Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get to the…

— Harry Shearer

[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a hyena and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what he was.…

— Oliver Stone

I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong,…

— George McGovern

[C. Montgomery] Burns is much purer evil than Nixon was. I think it's the purity of his evil that attracts me as a comic…

— Harry Shearer

Unlike President Obama, President Nixon was a capitalist who did not believe in 'remaking' the very character of America.

— Monica Crowley

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

— Bill Ayers

“Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people, anyway. For years I've regarded his very existence as a monument to all the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

When I would read the 'Archie' comics when I was younger, I was rooting for Betty and Archie way over any alternative.

— Cole Sprouse

“Under Ailes’s sharp tutelage, Nixon was able to skillfully leverage television to trick the American public into believing he was a halfway reasonable human…

— Joe Muto