Or maybe worse.
Here he comments on the prison riot at Attica in 1971, which was ended in an orgy of indiscriminate shooting, targeted assassinations, torture, and (eventually) lawsuits:
I think this is going to have a hell of a salutary effect on future prison riots, just like Kent State had a hell of a salutary effect.
That one's hilarious. Nixon was smart and had a sense of humor -something which cannot be said of so many politicians today. No wonder one year later he got re-elected in a 49-state landslide. I wouldn't like him as president, though, as he was quite amoral and had no fixed convictions.
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