What was Richard Nixon like as a person?

He seems to have been a very complex person. He was: 1. Very intelligent - He graduated third in his class from Duke University and managed to succeed in many different areas of the law and of logistics when he worked for the US government and w... read more

Richard Nixon had a lot of shady friends. One could say that Nixon believed that the ends justified the means. We know that Nixon had close friendships with the American mafia. It is hard to say to what extent these relationships were authentic and to what extent they were yet another tool for him to use. read more

Born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, Richard Milhous Nixon was the second of five children born to Frank Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon. His father was a service station owner and grocer, who also owned a small lemon farm in Yorba Linda. read more