Centrist Quote by Pat Buchanan

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 wasn't really considered the president by the youth of America. He was considered to be a fraud and which he proved himself to…

— George Jung

Nixon was the beginning of people not trusting politics.

— Daryl Hall

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

— Pete Seeger

As a child, I remember being in the pool at this pool party and having to get out of the pool to watch Nixon…

— Kelly Reichardt

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

— Earl Butz

That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.

— Solomon Burke

I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier

— George Smathers

If Nixon were a Republican senator today, he would have been primaried out.

— Harry Shearer

In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'

— Monica Crowley

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

— Karl Rove

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