Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

The President is an idiot.

I promise you the country would be in real trouble if I were really in the White House.

Abraham Lincoln spoke out against the Mexican War. But once Americans were under fire, people who were on the fence felt obliged to support it.

I so respect Sen. McCain's service to this country, and no one certainly knows more about torture than he does, and so I recognize that.

The President of the United States is a strong leader. Donald Trump is determined to move this country in the direction he believes it needs to go to make us great again and he has had a lot of criticisms and he's steadfastly determined to get his job done and he wants all of us to our jobs and that's what I'm going to do.

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

The last thing America needs is four more years of Barack Obama.

I served in Washington, DC for twelve years in the Congress of the United States, and I served with many Republicans and Democrats, men and women of goodwill. The potential is there to really change the direction of this country, but it's going to take leadership do it.

We know about bad guys, what they do, and often, who they are. The politicians have chosen to send us into battle, and that's our trade. We do what's necessary. And in my view, once those politicians have elected to send us out to do what 99.9 percent of the country would be terrified to undertake, they should get the hell out of the way and stay there.

When you elect chicken hawks, chicken hawks take you to war.

I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

You don't go to war with the President you want, you go to war with the President you have.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

A President cannot always be popular.

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

I didn't vote for Bush, and I'm not happy particularly that he's president. But I will say I'm impressed that he didn't start bombing Afghanistan the day after Sept. 11. The more time that passes without him bombing Afghanistan, the more I respect him.

I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.

British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.

The greatest country in the history of the world being attacked. So all of this doesn't mean very much today.