The media can’t get anything straight.
GORE VIDALThe United States is a madhouse.
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Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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What the police in their ignorance have not figured out is that they have lost all credibility since World War II. They are sort of parasites on the fringe of society and do no particular good for anyone except possibly themselves.
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There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
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I can’t name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I’m told there are a few hidden away at universities, but they don’t print them in ‘The New York Times.’
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Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they’re both just aspirin.
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I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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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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Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250.
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I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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