Button Quote by Thomas Mallon

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

— Hunter S. Thompson

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

— Earl Butz

Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier

— George Smathers

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 have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.

— Barry Goldwater

Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would…

— Mort Sahl

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president…

— Robert Dallek

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

I've been doing Nixon pretty much my whole professional life. I was in this comedy group called the Credibility Gap in Los Angeles when…

— Harry Shearer

I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social…

— Sally Quinn

I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So I figured he was good.

— Douglas McGrath