Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. Agnew was the second person to resign the nation’s second highest office and the first to resign under duress. Inspirational Spiro T. Agnew quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
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Most Famous Spiro T. Agnew Quotes
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H club the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history. Spiro T. Agnew
You can’t hit my team in the groin and expect me to smile about it. Spiro T. Agnew
An intellectual is a man who doesn’t know how to park a bike. Spiro T. Agnew
Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch
Education is being redefined at the demand of the uneducated to suit the ideas of the uneducated. Spiro T. Agnew
I apologize for lying to you. I won’t deceive you except in matters of this sort. Spiro T. Agnew
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by the government. Spiro T. Agnew
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 T. Agnew
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. Spiro T. Agnew
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 T. Agnew
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb. Spiro T. Agnew
Spiro T. Agnew Senator Fulbright’s advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck. Spiro T. Agnew
McGovern couldn’t carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate. Spiro T. Agnew
I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets. Spiro T. Agnew
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals
Listening to Democrats complain about inflation is like listening to germs complain about disease. Spiro T. Agnew
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages
The President needs me at the White House. It’s autumn, you know, and the leaves need raking. Spiro T. Agnew
Ultra Liberalism 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
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as ‘intellectuals’. Spiro T. Agnew
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. Spiro T. Agnew
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
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 T. Agnew
The student now goes to college to proclaim, rather than to learn. Spiro T. Agnew
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by the government. Spiro T. Agnew
There are people in our society who should be separated and discarded. Spiro T. Agnew
An intellectual is a man who doesn’t know how to park a bike. Spiro T. Agnew
Ultra Liberalism 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 T. Agnew
I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won’t deceive you except in matters of this sort. Spiro T. Agnew
The student protesters take their tactics from Castro and money from daddy. Spiro T. Agnew
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
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb. Spiro T. Agnew
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 T. Agnew
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. Spiro T. Agnew
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. Spiro T. Agnew
I think it’s one of the tendencies of the liberal community to feel that every person in a nation of over 200 million people can be made into a productive citizen. Spiro T. Agnew
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. Spiro T. Agnew
The criminal left belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. Spiro T. Agnew
To one extent, if you’ve seen one city slum, you’ve seen them all. Spiro T. Agnew
Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought. Spiro T. Agnew
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman’s truncheon over the anarchist’s bomb. Spiro T. Agnew
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. Spiro T. Agnew
In the networks’ endless pursuit of controversy, we should ask what is the end value to enlighten or to profit? What is the end result to inform or to confuse? How does the ongoing exploration for more action, more excitement, more drama, serve our national search for internal peace and stability. Spiro T. Agnew
The United States, for all its faults, is still the greatest nation in the country. Spiro T. Agnew
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 conflicts that tear democracy apart. Spiro T. Agnew
A narrow and distorted image of America often emerges from the televised news. A single dramatic piece of the mosaic becomes, in the minds of millions, the entire picture. Spiro T. Agnew
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. Spiro T. Agnew
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. Spiro T. Agnew
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. SPİRO AGNEW
Some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it. Spiro T. Agnew
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. Spiro T. Agnew
Is it not fair and relevant to question the media’s concentration in the hands of a tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by the government? Spiro T. Agnew
Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York! Spiro T. Agnew
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. Spiro T. Agnew
There are people in our society who should be separated and discarded. Spiro T. Agnew
A raised eyebrow, an inflection of the voice, a caustic remark dropped in the middle of a broadcast can raise doubts in a million minds about the veracity of a public official or the wisdom of a government policy. Spiro T. Agnew
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. Spiro T. Agnew
Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York! Spiro T. Agnew
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. Spiro T. Agnew
I am asking whether a kind of censorship already exists when the news that forty million Americans receive each night is determined by a handful of men responsible only to their corporate employers and filtered through a handful of commentators who admit to their own set of biases. Spiro T. Agnew
Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought. Spiro T. Agnew
Every time I criticize what I consider to be excesses or faults in the news business, I am accused of repression, and the leaders of various media professional groups wave the First Amendment as they denounce me. That happens to be my amendment, too. Spiro T. Agnew
A raised eyebrow, an inflection of the voice, a caustic remark dropped in the middle of a broadcast can raise doubts in a million minds about the veracity of a public official or the wisdom of a governmental policy. Spiro T. Agnew
It does bother me, however, that the press as a group regards the First Amendment as its own private reserve. Spiro T. Agnew
Ultra Liberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy. Spiro T. Agnew
The media are a] little group of men who not only enjoy a right of instant rebuttal to every presidential address but, more importantly, wield a free hand in selecting, presenting and interpreting the great issues in our nation. Spiro T. Agnew
A narrow and distorted picture of America often emerges from the televised news. A single dramatic piece of the mosaic becomes, in the minds of millions, the entire picture. Spiro T. Agnew
