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When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.


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GORE VIDAL Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
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GORE VIDAL There is only one party in the United States: the Property party... and it has two right wings: Repu...
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GORE VIDAL It's always best to stay out of other people's divorces. And their civil wars.
GORE VIDAL Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the t...
GORE VIDAL Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunatel...
MARTIN GORE I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased beha...
GORE VIDAL Walter Lippmann suggests that the United States behaves like a society which thinks it is complete w...
GORE VIDAL As far as I'm concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It's wonderful to be able to ...
LESLEY GORE Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillf...
GORE VIDAL Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But the...
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