Insult Quotes
In the wake of the Tonkin Gulf incident, the United States bombed and destroyed North Vietnam naval installations:
Referring to Gerald R. Ford: The quotation is usually cleaned up by substitutiong the word "walk" for "fart". Ford was actually a very bright man, but had an unassuming style that was vulnerable to negative characterization.
In his interview with talk show host Joe Pyne, after the introductions Pyne, trying to be contentious, started by saying "So I guess your long har makes you a woman". Zappa didn't miss a beat and came back with this quote.
There were very few politicians who would dare to even unfavorably mention the KKK. Long however took them on directly.
In the late 1930's Dwight Eisenhower served as an aide to MacArthur in the Philippines when President Quezon offered to make MacArthur "Grand Marshall of the Philippines" and Eisenhower thought it inappropriate for an American general officer to have such a grandiose title: