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ad87291	Pfaff: The riposte of a civilized nation: one that believes in good, in human society and does oppose evil, has to be narrowly focused and, above all, intelligent. Missiles are blunt weapons. Those terrorists are smart enough to make others bear the price for what they have done, and to exploit the results. A maddened U.S. response that hurts still others is what they want: It will fuel the hatred that already fires the self-righteousness a..		Gore Vidal
747b4b0	There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.	harmon-okinyo poems	Gore Vidal
67e9b2c	In other words, if public opinion is not unduly aroused one may safely set aside the Constitution and illegally arrest one's enemies. Had this letter been published at the time, an excellent case might have been made for the impeachment and removal of a president who had broken that oath he had taken to defend and to protect the Constitution by conspiring to obstruct and pervert the course of justice.		Gore Vidal
648cd17	I confess to not having listened to a word of the Declaration of Independence. At the time I barely knew the name of the author of this sublime document. I do remember hearing someone comment that since Mr. Jefferson had seen fit to pledge so eloquently our lives to the cause of independence, he might at least join us in the army. But wise Tom preferred the safety of Virginia and the excitement of local politics to the discomforts and dange..		Gore Vidal
39a7bfd	Of course magic was involved at the beginning of my quest. But I have since crossed the shadow line, made magic real, created myself. But to what end? For what true purpose have I smashed the male principle only to become entrapped by the female?		Gore Vidal
9762909	breathed breakfast Madeira in my face. "Charlot, he has robbed me!" I looked at her blankly; not breathing until she removed her face from mine, and sank back onto the velvet cushions. "I have married a thief!" Madame clutched her reticule to her bosom as though I had designs on one or the other, and in a torrent of Frenchified English told me how she had owned stock in a toll-bridge near Hartford. During the first raptures of their honeymo..		Gore Vidal
d3c1862	When Franklin says yes, yes, yes, he isn't agreeing with you. He's just listening to you.	fdr	Gore Vidal
49b62ce	Stay Longer and you will hear the beginning of your death	gore-vidal julian threat	Gore Vidal
af1be3b	We wear the purple	caesar gore-vidal julian	Gore Vidal
6c98038	As we left the bar, we saw two men fighting at the wooden pump. One was short and stocky: he was pummelling a tall gangling creature with loose flapping arms ... Edwin Forrest was giving a much deserved beating to William de la Touche Clancey, the Tory sodomite.		Gore Vidal
8d30fcd	Safe at the opposite corner, Clancey was himself again -- coolly disdainful despite dirt-smeared face, torn shirt ... Clancey's voice is like that of a furious goose, all honks and hisses.		Gore Vidal
8654f0b	The Bowery b'hoys were delighted ... to observe a pair of their favorites in league against their natural enemy, for Clancey detests our democracy, finds even the Whigs radical, the Adams family vulgar, Daniel Webster a . He fills the pages of his magazine with libellous comments on all things American. Despite a rich wife and five children, he is a compulsive sodomite, forever preying on country boys new to the city.		Gore Vidal
9e59c68	Dr. Bogart was about to tell me more when William de la Touche Clancey sat down next to me with an insolent crash (do I resemble a country youth because I am small?)		Gore Vidal
28f34cd	As we rounded a small pavilion, we nearly stepped into a pair of figures -- who leapt apart. One was William de la Touche Clancey. The other was a well-made boy of perhaps sixteen, carefully got up to resemble a swell; only the red blunt hands betrayed the fact that he was a workie. "So!" Clancey gave his accusing goose-like hiss. The boy looked embarrassed, as well he should. There are some things that the poor ought not to do even for mon..		Gore Vidal
ff5426d	American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither.		Gore Vidal
cfcd12b	Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.		Gore Vidal
4fd6403	I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.		Gore Vidal
1470d3e	Envy is the central fact of American life.		Gore Vidal
d8d3b0c	First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me.		Gore Vidal
098a5d4	As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.		Gore Vidal
da38c74	The more money an American accumulates the less interesting he himself becomes.		Gore Vidal
90f47b6	That peculiarly American religion, President-worship.		Gore Vidal
eeb289c	A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.		Gore Vidal
6153534	Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television.		Gore Vidal
7815cc8	Precocious talents mature slowly if at all.		Gore Vidal
35ab89b	Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions.		Gore Vidal
0b128f5	Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.		Gore Vidal
c328d96	I suspect that one of the reasons we create fiction is to make sex exciting.		Gore Vidal
2c394a5	World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.		Gore Vidal
9ca0eec	Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars.		Gore Vidal
00b5d25	Apparently, "conspiracy stuff" is now shorthand for unspeakable truth.		Gore Vidal
3008ba3	I'm not a conspiracy theorist - I'm a conspiracy analyst."		Gore Vidal
0ddd7aa	We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes.		Gore Vidal
694825d	Everything's wrong on Wikipedia.		Gore Vidal
d8b211f	Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.		Gore Vidal

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Pfaff: The riposte of a civilized nation: one that believes in good, in human society and does oppose evil, has to be narrowly focused and, above all, intelligent. Missiles are blunt weapons. Those terrorists are smart enough to make others bear the price for what they have done, and to exploit the results. A maddened U.S. response that hurts still others is what they want: It will fuel the hatred that already fires the self-righteousness a..

Gore Vidal

747b4b0

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

harmon-okinyo poems

Gore Vidal

67e9b2c

In other words, if public opinion is not unduly aroused one may safely set aside the Constitution and illegally arrest one's enemies. Had this letter been published at the time, an excellent case might have been made for the impeachment and removal of a president who had broken that oath he had taken to defend and to protect the Constitution by conspiring to obstruct and pervert the course of justice.

Gore Vidal

648cd17

I confess to not having listened to a word of the Declaration of Independence. At the time I barely knew the name of the author of this sublime document. I do remember hearing someone comment that since Mr. Jefferson had seen fit to pledge so eloquently our lives to the cause of independence, he might at least join us in the army. But wise Tom preferred the safety of Virginia and the excitement of local politics to the discomforts and dange..

Gore Vidal

39a7bfd

Of course magic was involved at the beginning of my quest. But I have since crossed the shadow line, made magic real, created myself. But to what end? For what true purpose have I smashed the male principle only to become entrapped by the female?

Gore Vidal

9762909

breathed breakfast Madeira in my face. "Charlot, he has robbed me!" I looked at her blankly; not breathing until she removed her face from mine, and sank back onto the velvet cushions. "I have married a thief!" Madame clutched her reticule to her bosom as though I had designs on one or the other, and in a torrent of Frenchified English told me how she had owned stock in a toll-bridge near Hartford. During the first raptures of their honeymo..

Gore Vidal

d3c1862

When Franklin says yes, yes, yes, he isn't agreeing with you. He's just listening to you.

fdr

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49b62ce

Stay Longer and you will hear the beginning of your death

gore-vidal julian threat

Gore Vidal

af1be3b

We wear the purple

caesar gore-vidal julian

Gore Vidal

6c98038

As we left the bar, we saw two men fighting at the wooden pump. One was short and stocky: he was pummelling a tall gangling creature with loose flapping arms ... Edwin Forrest was giving a much deserved beating to William de la Touche Clancey, the Tory sodomite.

Gore Vidal

8d30fcd

Safe at the opposite corner, Clancey was himself again -- coolly disdainful despite dirt-smeared face, torn shirt ... Clancey's voice is like that of a furious goose, all honks and hisses.

Gore Vidal

8654f0b

The Bowery b'hoys were delighted ... to observe a pair of their favorites in league against their natural enemy, for Clancey detests our democracy, finds even the Whigs radical, the Adams family vulgar, Daniel Webster a . He fills the pages of his magazine with libellous comments on all things American. Despite a rich wife and five children, he is a compulsive sodomite, forever preying on country boys new to the city.

Gore Vidal

9e59c68

Dr. Bogart was about to tell me more when William de la Touche Clancey sat down next to me with an insolent crash (do I resemble a country youth because I am small?)

Gore Vidal

28f34cd

As we rounded a small pavilion, we nearly stepped into a pair of figures -- who leapt apart. One was William de la Touche Clancey. The other was a well-made boy of perhaps sixteen, carefully got up to resemble a swell; only the red blunt hands betrayed the fact that he was a workie. "So!" Clancey gave his accusing goose-like hiss. The boy looked embarrassed, as well he should. There are some things that the poor ought not to do even for mon..