Quote by Gore Vidal
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatic

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. – Gore Vidal

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Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. – Gore Vidal

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Population
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That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. – Gore Vidal

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sad
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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. – Gore Vidal

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Birds
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I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952

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People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing. – Walter H. Judd

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Mankind will never see an end of trouble until… lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power… become lovers of wisdom. – Plato, The Republic

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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Election Day

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