Earl Butz
Earl Butz
Earl Lauer Butzwas a United States government official who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs, but he is best remembered for a series of verbal gaffes that eventually cost him his job...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 July 1909
CountryUnited States of America
personality loner kind
Nixon was kind of a loner, he had a cold personality.
mistake cuss-words stubborn
I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes.
teaching pleasant pleasant-things
Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.
trying negative thinker
No, I try not to be a negative thinker.
choices
But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.
may sometimes colorful
Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
across campus hope influenced tells walk
It still makes my day when I walk across campus and someone tells me how much I may have influenced their life. I just hope it was for good.
weapons tools negotiating
Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U.S. negotiating kit
people made
I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.
profile public-relations understood
I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.
needed
I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
apology president
While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
games superstitions belief
He no playa the game, he no maka the rules.
cabinet embarrass ford
Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.