There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil.
Gore VidalMiss 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 VidalEisenhower's career demonstrated how it is possible to fool all the people all the time...'I may be stupid,' he once said at a press conference, 'but at least I'm sincere!' Actually, he was neither, but it suited his purpose to play the part of the bumbling man of good will who was 'not an expert in these matters' but somehow would do his best.
Gore VidalLove, like a sense of humor, is now claimed by everyone even though Love, like a sense of humor, is rather more rare than not, and to most of us poor muddlers unbearable at full strength.
Gore Vidal