6 Quotes & Sayings By Spiro T Agnew

Spiro Theodore Agnew was a politician from Maryland, a U.S. Representative, and the 41st Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard M. Nixon. He was appointed by Nixon after the resignation of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and was the first vice president to resign from office Read more

Agnew was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the University of Maryland, College Park as an undergraduate. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1939 and practiced law for ten years until his election as county executive in Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1953. In 1958 he became a Republican state central committeeman at age 35 and a full-time party activist.

Agnew was elected as a Republican to represent Montgomery County in the Maryland General Assembly before being elected as Attorney General of Maryland in 1959.

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An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike. Spiro T. Agnew
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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
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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
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Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. Spiro T. Agnew
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A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. Spiro T. Agnew