What did Gore Vidal mean by: By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over. - Gore Vidal Writer · USA Copy
+ It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Curious, Enemy, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Clever, Population, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ I was born a writer. When that happens, you have no choice in the matter. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Born, Choices, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, End, Television, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Patriot, Succeed, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Grandchildren, Grandma, Grandmother, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Disaster, Minors, Reserves, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. - Jeff Goodell
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. - Jeff Greenfield Journalist · USA
African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing. - Jefferson Davis Politician · USA
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. - Jefferson Davis Politician · USA
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory. - Jefferson Davis Politician · USA