There is much said these days about how far to the Right the Republican Party has drifted, make that SOARED. That many long for the days when Republicans were moderate and not as ugly as they are today. Like President Richard Nixon shown in this new round of oval office tapes.
"The Jews have certain traits. The Irish have certain – for example, the Irish can’t drink. What you always have to remember with the Irish is they get mean. Virtually every Irish I’ve known gets mean when he drinks. It’s sort of a natural trait. Particularly the real Irish."
"The Italians, of course, just don’t have their heads screwed on tight. They are wonderful people, but . . ."
"The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personality."
"Basically, Rose, most of our Jewish friends . . . they are all basically people who have a sense of inferiority and have got to compensate."
"I don’t want any Jew at that dinner who didn’t support us in that campaign. Is that clear? No Jew who did not support us."
"Bill Rogers [secretary of state] has got somewhat – and to his credit it’s a decent feeling – but somewhat, sort of, a sort of blind spot on the black thing because he’s been in New York, He says, well, ‘They are coming along, and that after all, they are going to strengthen our country in the end because they are strong physically and some of them are smart. My own view is I think he’s right if you’re talking in terms of 500 years, I think it’s wrong if you’re talking in terms of 50 years. What has to happen is they have to be, frankly, inbred."