--- title: "1 Gore Vidal Quotes By Thomas E. Woods Jr" description: "1 Gore Vidal quotes by Thomas E. Woods Jr. Plus more from Thomas E. Woods Jr and more Gore Vidal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/thomas-e-woods-jr-29802_gore-vidal_to-be-attacked-by-a-gore-vidal-or-an-h-l_1436373.jpg" --- > [“To be attacked by a Gore Vidal, or an H.L. Mencken, one of the great wordsmiths of American criticism, while surely unpleasant, must have been oddly exhilarating for the poor souls on the receiving end. I, on the other hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/to-be-attacked-by-a-gore-vidal-or-an-h-l-mencken-one-of-the-great/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/thomas-e-woods-jr-29802_gore-vidal_to-be-attacked-by-a-gore-vidal-or-an-h-l_1436373.jpg) ## More by Thomas E. Woods Jr > [“Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/thirty-five-craters-on-the-moon-are-named-for-jesuit-scientists-and/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-father-of-egyptology-was-father-athanasius-kircher/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“But it would be about tolerating dissent. Now, movies or plays, pieces of art about dissent, they always, I think, flatter the author and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/but-it-would-be-about-tolerating-dissent-now-movies-or-plays-pieces/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“This is in response to Thatcher’s statement that “there’s no such thing as society.” So these progressives are going to show her! Naturally, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/this-is-in-response-to-thatcher-s-statement-that-there-s-no-such/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“The biggest anachronism, usually, in a historical movie is, again, the author doesn’t want to be thought to in any way share the social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-biggest-anachronism-usually-in-a-historical-movie-is-again-the/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/it-was-francisco-de-vitoria-a-catholic-priest-and-professor-who/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“It’s one thing to describe someone as a voice crying in the wilderness, but that doesn’t quite capture Laurence Vance and his work. Vance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/it-s-one-thing-to-describe-someone-as-a-voice-crying-in-the/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/father-nicholas-steno-is-often-identified-as-the-father-of-geology/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-first-person-to-measure-the-rate-of-acceleration-of-a-free/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-university-system-a-gift-of-western-civilization-to-the-world-was/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“(Catholic) monks taught metallurgy, introduced new crops, copied ancient texts, preserved literacy, pioneered in technology, invented champagne, improved the European landscape, provided for wanderers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/catholic-monks-taught-metallurgy-introduced-new-crops-copied-ancient/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“To be attacked by a Gore Vidal, or an H.L. Mencken, one of the great wordsmiths of American criticism, while surely unpleasant, must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/to-be-attacked-by-a-gore-vidal-or-an-h-l-mencken-one-of-the-great/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [ “Why does she \[Borowski\] rail against other women’s choices? Surely a core libertarian value is neutrality between different conceptions of the good?” Actually, no.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/why-does-she-borowski-rail-against-other-women-s-choices-surely-a/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-idea-of-formulated-rights-comes-not-from-john-locke-and-thomas/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) > [“The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-exaltation-of-human-reason-and-its-capabilities-a-commitment-to/) [Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gore-vidal/thomas-e-woods-jr/#itemlist", "name": "1 Gore Vidal Quotes By Thomas E. Woods Jr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To be attacked by a Gore Vidal, or an H.L. Mencken, one of the great wordsmiths of American criticism, while surely unpleasant, must have been oddly exhilarating for the poor souls on the receiving end. 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