The worst that can be said about pornography is that it leads not to anti-social acts but to the reading of more pornography
Gore VidalNo reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be the reformers.
Gore VidalThe hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological, if understandable. At one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our religion is making a buck, giving a part of that buck to any government is an act against nature.
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 Vidal