The Best Of The Nixon Years
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--Nixon in January 1972 discussing the CBS television show "All in the Family" with chief of staff H. R. Haldeman and Press Secretary Ron Ziegler
"I want to be sure he is a ruthless son of a bitch, that he will do what he's told, that every income tax return I want to see I see, that he will go after our enemies and not go after our friends."
--Nixon describing his ideal candidate for IRS commissioner in 1971
"You know what happened to the Greeks? Homosexuality destroyed them. Sure, Aristotle was a homo, we all know that, so was Socrates. [...] Do you know what happened to the Romans? The last six Roman emperors were fags. [...] You know what happened to the popes? It's all right that popes were laying the nuns. That's been going on for years--centuries."
--Nixon in May 1971
"I can't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco." --Nixon in May 1971 declaring the Northern Californian city "is the most faggy god----ed thing you could ever imagine"
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