Inspirational Quotes by Spiro Agnew (American Politician)

Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918–96) was an American politician who served as the 39th vice president of the United States (1969–73) under President Richard Nixon. His career ended abruptly when he resigned in 1973 amid a corruption scandal involving bribery and tax evasion.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Agnew studied law at the University of Baltimore and began his legal career in the 1940s. Entering politics in the 1960s, he served as Baltimore County Executive before being elected Governor of Maryland (1967.) His tenure was marked by moderate policies, including tax reforms and civil rights legislation.

Agnew gained national prominence when Nixon selected him as his 1968 running mate. As vice president, he became known for sharp rhetoric, often criticizing the media and political opponents. In 1973, he faced allegations of bribery, extortion, and tax violations from his time as governor. He argued a sitting vice president couldn’t be indicted, but after legal battles, he launched an attack on the administration. With Nixon facing impeachment, secret plea negotiations led Agnew to resign, pleading nolo contendere to tax fraud. He accepted a felony conviction, paid a $10,000 fine, and received three years’ probation.

His Go Quietly… or Else (1980) offers his perspective on his resignation, defending his political career while attacking Nixon administration officials. Richard M. Cohen wrote A Heartbeat Away: The Investigation and Resignation of Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew (1974.)

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Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike—I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: Patriotism

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.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: Cities, City Life

In the United States today, we have more than our share of nattering nabobs of negativism.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: America

If a theology student in lowa should get up at a PTA luncheon in Sioux City and attack the President’s military policy, my guess is that you would probably find it reported somewhere the next morning in the New York Times. But when 300 Congressmen endorse the President’s policy, the next morning it is apparently not considered news fit to print.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: Media

Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, and a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: Liberalism

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: Media

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated into a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: The Past

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
Topics: Honesty, Women

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

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb.
—Spiro Agnew
Topics: Honesty, Conviction, Will, Courage, Candor, Terrorism, Sincerity, Character, Integrity

Inspirational Quotes by Spiro Agnew (American Politician)

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