Quote by Gore Vidal
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that h

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. – Gore Vidal

Other quotes by Gore Vidal

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. – Gore Vidal

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Government
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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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great
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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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Election Day
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Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nations business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations. – Thomas Frank

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Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. – Charles Dickens

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Business

Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation. – John Sununu

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Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest? – Sydney Madwed

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