Downfall Quote by Peter Morgan

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Richard Nixon will always go down as a failure because of one stupid, moral - and that goes back to that last chapter, on…

— Frank Luntz

In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to…

— Nancy Gibbs

Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways that were…

— George Packer

Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get…

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

— Roger Stone

The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

— Roger Stone

Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little,…

— Noam Chomsky

Nixon identified himself as a crisis-laden man. He'd reach levels of victory and then he'd plunge into defeat. He was vice president, then he…

— Oliver Stone

“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 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

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

— Henry A. Kissinger