Quotes by Gore Vidal

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.close quote - Gore Vidal
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he is been bought ten times over.close quote - Gore Vidal
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.close quote - Gore Vidal

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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.close quote - Gore Vidal

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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.close quote - Gore Vidal
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.close quote - Gore Vidal
Andy Warhol is the only genius I have ever known with an I.Q. of 60.close quote - Gore Vidal
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.close quote - Gore Vidal
All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.close quote - Gore Vidal

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A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.close quote - Gore Vidal
A good deed never goes unpunished.close quote - Gore Vidal


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