A Quote by Roger Morris

Nixon officials foreshadowed both the historic distinction and seamy underside of the presidency.

Roger Morris

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In the post-Watergate atmosphere of 1975 and 1976, the just-plain-folks personalities of both Ford and Carter seemed the perfect antidote to Nixon's arrogant, isolated presidency. But as alert history-minded readers know, Ford and Carter were both rebuffed by voters in their efforts to hold on to the presidency.

Jeff Greenfield

Eventually, Nixon ran a very centrist presidency, not a Goldwater conservative presidency.

Pat Buchanan

Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat - seamy on both sides.

O. Henry

The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made.

Donald G. Mitchell

Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have hated Nixon all their lives. My mother hates Nixon, my son hates Nixon, I hate Nixon, and this hatred has brought us together.

Hunter S. Thompson

You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout.

Allen West

I know that given great responsibility men sometimes change, but Mr. Nixon's Presidency would worry me.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress had appropriated.

Angus King

There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

More than Nixon or any other 20th-century president, Clinton has devoted his life to winning and keeping the presidency.

Michael Beschloss

Richard Nixon built his presidency on his notorious 'Southern strategy.'

Steve Kornacki

By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart of the American Dream.

Hunter S. Thompson

The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts.

Earl Warren

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

David Frum

As a European from a different, younger generation, the trauma that was Nixon's presidency never really had a hold over me. For one thing, I never voted for him.

Peter Morgan

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