As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I've always been very pro-African-American - or whatever phrase we now use. Gore Vidal africanamericanblack Change image and share on social
You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right. Gore Vidal constitutionaldeprivehappiness Change image and share on social
It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can be, interchangeably, victim or torturer. Gore Vidal algeriaarmyatrocity Change image and share on social
Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly. Gore Vidal crimedistressdisturb Change image and share on social
By 1939, the Depression was back. Unemployment was huge. Roosevelt didn't have any quick fix. Remember, the New Deal, Works Progress Administration, and Civilian Conservation Corps - all that happened years before. Roosevelt was riding a storm. Gore Vidal administrationbackcivilian share on social
Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read. Gore Vidal aynnovelrand Change image and share on social
It is essential to naturalist doctrine that literature, to be good, must, finally, be the author's experience worked out literally. Gore Vidal authordoctrineessential Change image and share on social
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 attackbacteriumbillion Change image and share on social
I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy. Gore Vidal aerospacebribehappy Change image and share on social
There is a terrible garrulousness in most American writing, legacy of the old Frontier. Gore Vidal americanfrontiergarrulousness Change image and share on social