Quote

I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party of big corporation, the party of money. It has two right wings one is Democrat and the other is Republican.

Gore Vidal

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Gore Vidal
Age: 86 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 3
Died: 2012
Died: July 31
Actor
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Politician
Prosaist
West Point
New York
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal
Gor Vidal
Cameron Kay
Eugene Luther Vidal
Edgar Box
Katherine Everard
Eugene Vidal
Two
Democrat
America
Wings
Right
Property
Time
Republican
Saying
Party
Bigs
Corporation
Money
Corporations

More quotes by Gore Vidal

Image
Then die. We must all do that. But die, as they say, game.
Gore Vidal
Image
There is no such thing as a true account of anything.
Gore Vidal
Image
Age bothers everybody. I was never narcissistic about my looks, but people thought that I should be so therefore I was.
Gore Vidal
Image
To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.
Gore Vidal
Image
I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
Gore Vidal
Image
Before the cards that one is dealt by life are the cards that fate has dealt: one's family.
Gore Vidal
Image
Christianity is such a silly religion.
Gore Vidal
Image
As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.
Gore Vidal
Image
It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made.
Gore Vidal
Image
Miss Rand now tells us that what we have thought was right is really wrong. The lesson should have read: One for one and none for all.
Gore Vidal
Image
Terrorism is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.
Gore Vidal
Image
I'm not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if you have a violent revolution.
Gore Vidal
Image
I'm a much worse guest than I am a host, and I'm not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone.
Gore Vidal
Image
Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica of the Roman or Venetian republics. They didn't even like the etymology of the word democracy.
Gore Vidal
Image
In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments.
Gore Vidal
Image
I'm in favor of sexual encounters.
Gore Vidal
Image
CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.
Gore Vidal
Image
I'm in Hollywood right now, surrounded by nothing but the sons and grandsons of movie stars.
Gore Vidal
Image
I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to say, but a great deal to add.
Gore Vidal
Image
I might become an ascetic, live in India. A little rice is about the best I can do now.
Gore Vidal