The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
Spiro T. AgnewThis 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.
Spiro T. AgnewAsking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck.
Spiro T. AgnewThree 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 T. Agnew