Spiro Agnew quotes

Spiro Agnew was an American politician and the 39th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon. Known for his outspoken criticism of the media and anti-war protesters, he became a polarizing national figure during a turbulent era. He resigned from office in 1973 after pleading no contest to charges of tax evasion and money laundering. Here are 15 of his quotes:

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. (Spiro Agnew)
This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of English-it is a problem for the Department of Justice.... Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart. View quote
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Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York! View quote
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A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. View quote
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I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. View quote
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The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. View quote
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An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike. View quote
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And the American people should be made aware of the trend toward the monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power in fewer and fewer hands. View quote
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All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged. View quote
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Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. View quote
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Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer. (Spiro Agnew)
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. View quote
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A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. View quote
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I've been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this; if you've seen one city slum you've seen them all. View quote
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If you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all. View quote
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