# Quote — Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear

> The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic.

- Author: [Hunter S. Thompson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson.md)
- Book: [Kingdom of Fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson#Kingdom_of_Fear:_Loathsome_Secrets_of_a_Star-crossed_Child_in_the_Final_Days_of_the_American_Century_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hunter-s-thompson/kingdom-of-fear/the-only-ones

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> It was wonderful, a stunning happy ending to what began as just another tragic rock & roll story, as if Bob Dylan had been arrested in Miami for jacking off in a seedy little XXX theater while stroking the spine of a fat young boy.

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> I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

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> I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

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