- A good deed never goes unpunished. Gore Vidal »
- Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Gore Vidal »
- Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. Gore Vidal »
- Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Gore Vidal »
- I'm a born-again atheist. Gore Vidal »
- It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. Gore Vidal »
- Never have children, only grandchildren. Gore Vidal »
- Of ex-President Eisenhower at the Republican convention of 1964 Reading a speech with his usual sense of discovery. Gore Vidal »
- Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn. Gore Vidal »
- Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink. Gore Vidal »
- The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. Gore Vidal »
- The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. Gore Vidal »
- There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. Gore Vidal »
- Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. Gore Vidal »
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