When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist.

- Grover Norquist

In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.

- Morley Safer

Unlike President Obama, President Nixon was a capitalist who did not believe in 'remaking' the very character of America.

- Monica Crowley

In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'

- Monica Crowley

We've got the NSA getting logs of every call you make. The IRS is weaponized like Richard Nixon could only have dreamed of.

- Louie Gohmert

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won.

- Ken Kesey

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

- Hunter S. Thompson

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

- Henry A. Kissinger

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

- George Smathers

I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier.

- George Smathers

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.

- Earl Butz

Nixon was kind of a loner, he had a cold personality.

- Earl Butz

Nixon was always willing to be bipartisan, so there are a lot of surprises in the man.

- Douglas Brinkley

Nixon was the beginning of people not trusting politics.

- Daryl Hall

I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect Richard Nixon.

- Charles Colson

What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

- Bruce Vilanch

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

- Bill Ayers

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

- Bob Woodward

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

- Barry Goldwater