Quotes from Hunter S. Thompson

And the whole Bush family, from Texas, should be boiled in poisoned oil.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.

Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser.

It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear

Who said anything about slicing you up? ... I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious.

We can't stop here, this is bat country!

Myths and legends die hard in America.

There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.

Still humping the American Dream

All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.

Just sick enough to be totally confident

The Sixties were an era of extreme reality. I miss the smell of tear gas. I miss the fear of getting beaten.

As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.

I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000, but I will not make that mistake again. The joke is over for Nader. He was funny once, but now he belongs to the dead.

Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future.