Quote by Carroll O'Connor

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false cha

Summary

This quote reflects the controversy surrounding the television show "All in the Family," particularly the character Archie Bunker. While some people saw him as a true representation of certain societal biases and prejudices, others believed that the portrayal was misleading or mocking. President Nixon's perception that the show ridiculed an honest individual highlights how perspectives on Archie varied significantly, with some feeling that it misrepresented reality while others believed it accurately depicted certain attitudes and behaviors.

Topics

Good

By Carroll O'Connor

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Sports

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pi

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

Michael Jackson

Great

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs li

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

Hillary Clinton

Time

Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. - Jace

Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. - Jace

Cassandra Clare

Humor Funny Jace Sarcasm Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare City Of Ashes Vain Fat

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguise

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Bertrand Russell

Power

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.

Justin Townes Earle

Poetry

The world had moved on and all that was over, done before fa

The world had moved on and all that was over, done before fairly begun.

Life Time Love Life Lessons Time Passing

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to ca

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Interest Photograph Itself

Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all ino

Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.

Freedom

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refug

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.

Imagination Places

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Punishment

Our decision about energy will test the character of the Ame

Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation. This difficult effort will be the moral equivalent of war, except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not to destroy.