Adoration Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“They weren’t all Nixon supporters, either: self-described enemies were on hand, too. “Every generation needs somebody to hate, and he was ours,” said Richard…

— Brady Carlson

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

“Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments.”

— Rick Perlstein

I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first…

— Roger Stone

And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn…

— Wavy Gravy

“an aristocracy come to power, convinced of its own disinterested quality, believing itself above both petty partisan interest and material greed. The suggestion that…

— David Halberstam

Nixon is a strong leader with a good grasp of the world's problems. He knows that the only way to argue with the communists…

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

I'd have to say that Nixon feels like the public figure who most dominated my life - from the time I went to fourth…

— Thomas Mallon

I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So I figured he was good.

— Douglas McGrath

I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In his day,…

— Austin Grossman

While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.

— Earl Butz

“It was a classic Nixon move: goad an opponent into attacking, then ride a wave of sympathy s you defend your honour.”

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy