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- Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the. American political elite from the beginning. Gore Vidal.
- The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent.
- You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country. Gore Vidal. Country, Class, People.
- We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. Gore Vidal. United States, Politics, Remember.
- “The unfed mind devours itself.” ― Gore Vidal.
- “How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.” ― Gore Vidal, Julian.
- “Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.” ― Gore Vidal, Screening History.
- “Write something, even if it's just a suicide note. ” ― Gore Vidal.
Jul 31, 2012 · A collection of quotes by the American novelist and political commentator Gore Vidal, who wrote about history, politics, culture, and sexuality. Browse his witty, provocative, and controversial views on topics such as America, democracy, war, and literature.
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There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, however suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither.Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me.The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological, if understandable. At one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our religion is making a buck, giving a part of that buck to a...A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television.The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved — Judaism, Christianity,...
We're supposed to procreate and society, god knows, is ferocious on the subject. Heterosexuality is considered such a great and natural good that you have to execute people and put them in prison i...
"Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia"
1. A documentary film 1. The founding fathers were not interested in democracy, in fact, in a country with 3 1/4 million people, which is about what we were at the time of the separation from England, only 700,000 people could vote — white males of property. So it's never been terribly democratic. ...and they put together a constitution which would protect property for all time. No nonsense about democracy! 1. For reasons that I leave to a higher psychiatry, Jr. wanted a war in Iraq. ...Jr. i...
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96 Top Quotes By Gore Vidal, The Author Of Julian. Famous As: American Writer Known for His Novels: ‘The City and the Pillar’, ‘Julian’, ‘Myra Breckinridge’ and ‘Burr’. Born On: October 3, 1925. Died On: July 31, 2012. Born In: West Point, New York, United States.
The best Quotes by Gore Vidal. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
