Quote by Gore Vidal
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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. – Gore Vidal

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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, hes been bought ten times over. – 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. – Gore Vidal

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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. – Gore Vidal

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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams

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Whats right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity – intellect and resources – to do some thing about them. – Henry Ford

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