American politics Quote by Rick Perlstein

“Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people, anyway. For years I've regarded his very existence as a monument to all the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters.…

— Monica Crowley

[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a hyena and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

— Henry A. Kissinger

I thought a lot about Nixon's personal history and the changes in America during his lifetime and tried to craft stories, which I thought…

— A.M. Homes

“To this day it's hard to believe that a politician as smart as Dick Nixon could have allowed something that stupid to happen. He…

— Herman E. Talmadge

Dr. Ben Carson has the most moving personal narrative in modern presidential politics. His mother, one of 24 children, had only a third-grade education.…

— Nicholas Kristof

“Every mother want her children to be like their father; except politicians”

— rassool jibraeel snyman

I was born in 1970 and I got to see a little bit of [Richard] Nixon's attempts at redefining himself. I saw [Gerald] Ford.

— David Mandel

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked ... and like any other junkie, he'sa bummer to have…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“What? -- RICHARD M NIXON”

— Thomas Pynchon

For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures.

— Harry Shearer