Negative Personality Quotes

This quotation was uncovered in 2010 when more of the Nixon White House tapes were relaeased. Nixon tended to have the worst stereotyped view of all minority groups.

This quotation tells us more about Nixon than Reagan. The latter was known for his extraordinary affability. Even his political enemies enjoyed and sought out his company. Nixon in contrast, no one liked to be around on a personal basis. His inner circle pandered to him to ingratiate themselves and jockey for power and influence but few liked him. Reagan and FDR are at the top of most people’s Presidential affability list while, Nixon fights it our with a few fro last place. Often brilliant at politics, Nixon’s people skills and his interpersonal perceptions were terrible.

that MacArthur should command the final assault on Japan. The Atomic Bomb later made the final assault unnecessary. Almost every officer who worked with MacArthur—except those on his personal staff—found him an overbearing egomaniac who was militarily capable, but nowhere near as capable as he saw himself. In success he rarely shared the limelight with anyone else, but would rarely take the blame when things were not as successful as all had hoped. Stimson and President Roosevelt had decided that MacArthur should lead the invasion on Japan, and discovered all this hostility amongst MacArthur’s colleagues. It was much easier to place MacArthur in charge of Post War Japan where he would not work that closely with so many senior officers throughout the services. He did a brilliant job governing Japan but still alienated other senior officers. MacArthur was so egotistical that he thought that he could run the country far better than FDR and in 1944 thought of running against the President.