"Whatever else the Florida primary might or might not have proved, it put a definite kink in the Media Theory of politics. It may be true, despite what...












Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

More Hunter S. Thompson quotes
"How many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put together some k...
"A totally befuddled voter may look at a Vote for McGovern sign and do just that.
"The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.
"It was necessary, we felt, to thoroughly terrify our opponents, so that even in hollow victory, they would learn to fear every sunrise ...
"OK for now. I enjoyed my quick, high-powered visit over there and look forward to a dead-game replay when I'm in better condition. Tell Hinckle he'd b...
"About a week earlier I had finished a book (on the Hell's Angels, scheduled this fall by Random House) and I felt that I needed about a week of total ...
"Security ... what does this word mean in relation to life as we know it today? For the most part, it means safety and freedom from worry. It is said t...
"Every time I think of Tim Leary I get angry. He was a liar and a quack and a worse human being than Richard Nixon. For the last twenty-six years of hi...
"Across the board... Not junkies or freaks, but people who were just as comfortable with drugs like weed, booze, or coke as we are - and we're not weir...