House Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier

— George Smathers

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

— Earl Butz

Nixon was a conservative who’s way more liberal than his party can admit, and Obama’s a liberal who’s way more conservative than his party…

— John Fugelsang

Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year against the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.

— Roger Stone

Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there’s nothing you can do about being born liberal — fish gotta swim and…

— Molly Ivins

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

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

— Richard M. Nixon

Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“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