Quote by Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

“What? -- RICHARD M NIXON”

— Thomas Pynchon

“Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments.”

— Rick Perlstein

“..., but he gave Clinton a tip: when seeking advice from people who are more experienced than you, Nixon urged, tell them what you…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

“But honesty was a dull blade to take into a knife fight with Richard Nixon — who was simply willing to lie.”

— Rick Perlstein

“Nixon’s offences had been so long in the past, so much part of a different era that he now seemed like some lovable but…

— Jacob M. Appel

“I brought out the dark side of Nixon,” Colson recalled, though “you didn’t need to work very hard to bring it out—it was always…

— John A. Farrell

“Although Nixon stepped up military pressure by bombing heavily and greatly expanding South Vietnamese forces, the enemy did not bend. Nor did détente with…

— James T. Patterson

“The vice president (Nixon) seems like a man who is acting like a nice man rather than being one.”

— Ann Whitman

“What the hell are we supposed to do!” Nixon exploded in exasperation. “Paint our asses white and run with the antelopes!”

— Patrick J. Buchanan

Nixon was a Southern Rim President, and so antipathetic to the old guard.

— Gore Vidal

“he could yet make a case for a straight line from Nixon to Trump.”

— Michael Wolff

“Presidents, even when they get some things right, never cease to be punch lines, and it was telling that Nixon regarded his comic potential…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy