From April 1775 to July 1776, the undeclared war between England and its American colonies smoldered, flared up, appeared to sputter out… It was hardly, ever, a mass rebellion.
GORE VIDALI never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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The United States is a madhouse.
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We’re not a democracy.
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I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Certainly ‘The Judgment of Paris’ was the novel in which I found my own voice.
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While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers.
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History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
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It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
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Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They’re interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
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Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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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.
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The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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The media can’t get anything straight.
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It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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