Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

American - Journalist | July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005

I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

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DemocracyBelieveThoughtNeverMyth

Paranoia is just another word for ignorance.

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IgnoranceParanoiaJustWordAnother

Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming.

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SmileChildrenWalkManI AmMe

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

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ManNothingMoreHelplessThan

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

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HumorWalkLuckSense Of HumorDark

Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend.

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FriendMonsterInsaneBill Clinton

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

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CarMoneyWorldAmericaNeedNation

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

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DemocracyBloodOutHalfPopulation

Rush Limbaugh is a lame professional swine, and he makes a good living at it. He is like a hired geek in some traveling backwoods carnival - the freaks who bite the heads off chickens - but Limbaugh is a modernized geek who thinks he can bite the heads off of people.

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GoodPeopleProfessionalLivingRush

Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

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GoodSmartI AmAdviceGamblingWay

'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

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ArtYourselfLawCrazyRememberYou

Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.

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JoyUglyWorldNothingKentucky

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