This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got the phrase In God We Trust onto the currency, in direct violation of the First Amendment.
Gore VidalIn a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.
Gore VidalThere is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
Gore VidalBefore the cards that one is dealt by life are the cards that fate has dealt: one's family.
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