Hunter S. Thompson Quote

It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has learned to fear and despise. Our Barbie-doll president, with his Barbie-doll wife and his boxful of Barbie-doll children is also America's answer to the monstrous Mr. Hyde. He speaks for the Werewolf in us; the bully, the predatory shyster who turns into something unspeakable, full of claws and bleeding string-warts on nights when the moon comes too close…


"Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls… (October 1973), also published in Gonzo Papers, Vol I : The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979)


It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has...

It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has...

It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has...

It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has...