Against Quote by Rick Perlstein

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

— 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

[democrats] hated Richard Nixon, and no wonder. It was Nixon who sent Alger Hiss to jail, and Nixon who waged the Vietnam War after…

— David Frum

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if…

— Harry S Truman

Indeed, it was largely the clubbiness of the Washington village press corps that let Nixon get away with Watergate and still win his landslide…

— Rick Perlstein

“Throughout the most trying phase of the Case, Nixon and his family, and sometimes his parents, were at our farm, encouraging me and comforting…

— Whittaker Chambers

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

— Ben Bradlee

“The elimination of Mr. Richard Nixon leaves intact all the mechanisms and all the false values which permitted the Watergate scandal.”

— Claude Julien

Before Watergate and Viet Nam, the American public, as a whole, believed everything it was told, and since then it doesn't believe anything, and…

— Daniel Keys Moran

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues…

— Barry Goldwater

Self-destruction is such an interesting thing for a dramatist, and what's particular to Nixon is how human the failings were that led to his…

— Peter Morgan

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