17 Quotes by Gore Vidal about Politics





  • Author Gore Vidal
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    Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth

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  • Author 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.

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  • Author Gore Vidal
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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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