Spiro T. Agnew Quotes

• I was…one of the worst complications he could have had.

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• In the United States today we have more than our fair share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own Four H Club—the hopeless, hysterical, hypochondriacs of history.

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• A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

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• To some extent, if you’ve seen one city slum, you’ve seen them all.

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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.

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Slum, Seen, City

• Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb.

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  Topics in America

  Tags in People, Choice, American

• 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.

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  Tags in Objectives, People, Activity

• A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

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  Tags in Men

• I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won’t deceive you except in matters of this sort.

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  Tags in Deceive, Apologize, Promise, Lying

• 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.

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  Tags in Women, Fool, Ocean

• The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Vehicles, Great Historical, Monopolization, Opinion

• To one extent, if you’ve seen one city slum, you’ve seen them all.

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  Tags in Slum

• The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

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  Topics in Past

  Tags in Antagonism

• Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

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  Tags in Media, Newspaper

• In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

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  Tags in States

• I didn’t say I wouldn’t go into ghetto areas. I’ve been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you’ve seen one city slum, you’ve seen them all.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Tags in City, Ghetto, Slum

• An intellectual is a man who doesn’t know how to park a bike.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Tags in Intellectuals

• Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Topics in Politics

Spiro T. Agnew (18)

Birth:	9th November, 1918
Death:	17th September, 1996
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

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