Richard IIIKing of England between 1483 and 1485.
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the love of richard nixon}:
'love b... in the love of richard nixon because nixon also tried to control his own fear and his opponents in a drastic way. richard III killed them; nixon got involved in the watergate scandal and in many other illegal acts to render his opponents harmless, while justifying it like Richard III by stating that it was the best for the people. there is also a parallel in the way both rulers are generally portrayed: like shakespeare portrayed richard III much more evil and crude than he actually was according to historians, richard nixon is also most of the time portrayed as someone who caused the watergate scandal, overshadowing all his other deeds and decisions. the comparison between richard III and nixon is also made by others, like by oliver stone in his 1995 movie nixon, in which nixon is portrayed as a tragic shakespearean character.
