--- title: "21 Trump Quotes By Gore Vidal" description: "21 Trump quotes by Gore Vidal. Plus more from Gore Vidal and more Trump sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/gore-vidal-466_certainly_if-you-re-not-part-of-that-club-as-i-cer_3192441.jpg" --- > [If you're not part of that club, as I certainly am not, you are not presidential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/if-you-re-not-part-of-that-club-as-i-certainly-am-not-you-are-not/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/gore-vidal-466_certainly_if-you-re-not-part-of-that-club-as-i-cer_3192441.jpg) > [“Ronald Reagan is a triumph of the embalmer's art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/ronald-reagan-is-a-triumph-of-the-embalmer-s-art/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/gore-vidal-466_art_ronald-reagan-is-a-triumph-of-the-embalm_1623760.jpg) > [Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/ronald-reagan-a-triumph-of-the-embalmer-s-art/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/gore-vidal-466_art_ronald-reagan-a-triumph-of-the-embalmer_1636108.jpg) > [That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/that-loyal-retainer-of-the-chase-manhattan-bank-the-american-president/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/gore-vidal-466_american-president_that-loyal-retainer-of-the-chase-manhatt_2067710.jpg) > [If you want to rise in politics in the United States, there is one subject you must stay away from, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/if-you-want-to-rise-in-politics-in-the-united-states-there-is-one/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/gore-vidal-466_ifs_if-you-want-to-rise-in-politics-in-the-u_2488857.jpg) > [As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/as-the-age-of-television-progresses-the-reagans-will-be-the-rule-not/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/gore-vidal-466_age_as-the-age-of-television-progresses-the_2480743.jpg) > [It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-makes-no-difference-who-you-vote-for-the-two-parties-are-really/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/gore-vidal-466_differences_it-makes-no-difference-who-you-vote-for_792068.jpg) > [We've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/we-ve-had-parallel-lives-and-frankly-i-prefer-mine-to-his-i-would-not/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/gore-vidal-466_bush_we-ve-had-parallel-lives-and-frankly-i-p_77257.jpg) > [I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-d-still-like-to-be-the-president-of-course-and-i-think-the-best-way/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/gore-vidal-466_army_i-d-still-like-to-be-the-president-of-co_1077998.jpg) > [Gentlemen are not supposed to tell the truth about their sex lives, nor are ladies, for that matter. Of course Clinton lied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/gentlemen-are-not-supposed-to-tell-the-truth-about-their-sex-lives/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/gore-vidal-466_clinton_gentlemen-are-not-supposed-to-tell-the-t_1448384.jpg) > [One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/one-of-the-most-fascinating-aspects-of-politician-watching-is-trying/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/gore-vidal-466_aspect_one-of-the-most-fascinating-aspects-of-p_2837660.jpg) > [In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/in-a-society-like-ours-politics-is-improvisation-to-the-artful-dodger/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/gore-vidal-466_believer_in-a-society-like-ours-politics-is-impro_1192114.jpg) > [I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-have-been-saying-for-the-some-time-now-that-america-has-only-one/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/gore-vidal-466_america_i-have-been-saying-for-the-some-time-now_1572109.jpg) > [Yet in a society of conflicting interests the only democratic way in which matters can be improved is through politics, and politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/yet-in-a-society-of-conflicting-interests-the-only-democratic-way-in/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/gore-vidal-466_achieve_yet-in-a-society-of-conflicting-interest_1338505.jpg) > [Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/heaven-s-sakes-there-s-only-one-party-which-i-call-the-property-party/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/gore-vidal-466_democrat_heaven-s-sakes-there-s-only-one-party-wh_483912.jpg) > [Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/our-only-political-party-has-two-right-wings-one-called-republican/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/gore-vidal-466_america_our-only-political-party-has-two-right-w_1644838.jpg) > [Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/movie-acting-i-later-realized-reminds-me-of-contract-bridge-each/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/gore-vidal-466_acting_movie-acting-i-later-realized-reminds-me_2509024.jpg) > [As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/as-for-my-support-for-obama-remember-that-i-was-brought-up-in/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/gore-vidal-466_african-american_as-for-my-support-for-obama-remember-tha_2714258.jpg) > [There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-states-the-property-party-and/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/gore-vidal-466_adjustment_there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-st_1290.jpg) > [When Ronald Reagan's career in show business came to an end, he was hired to impersonate, first, a California governor and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/when-ronald-reagan-s-career-in-show-business-came-to-an-end-he-was/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/gore-vidal-466_american-president_when-ronald-reagan-s-career-in-show-busi_1706117.jpg) > [If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/if-you-are-a-representative-and-want-to-be-a-senator-you-must-be/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/gore-vidal-466_anything_if-you-are-a-representative-and-want-to_2609188.jpg) ## Other authors on Trump ## More by Gore Vidal > [There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-states-the-property-party-and/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/many-people-in-the-united-states-happen-to-believe-that-united-states/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-is-curious-how-little-interested-we-are-in-the-sexual-desires-of/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/this-separation-was-absolute-in-our-original-republic-but-the-sky/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/style-is-knowing-who-you-are-what-you-want-to-say-and-not-giving-a/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [The oligarchs think that the people are both dangerous and stupid. Their point is moot. But we do know that the oligarchs are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-oligarchs-think-that-the-people-are-both-dangerous-and-stupid/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-is-curious-how-often-one-prefers-his-enemies-to-his-friends/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/as-societies-grow-decadent-the-language-grows-decadent-too-words-are/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/rome-at-its-most-decadent-had-never-thought-of-hiring-an-actor-to-go/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/history-is-nothing-but-gossip-about-the-past-with-the-hope-that-it/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-malady-of-civilized-man-is-his-knowledge-of-death-the-good-artist/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Sex is a continuum. You go through different phases along life's way... and if you don't, you've been sort of cheated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/sex-is-a-continuum-you-go-through-different-phases-along-life-s-way/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [All I want is that Americans still be able to read the alphabet in a hundred years. I am not very ambitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/all-i-want-is-that-americans-still-be-able-to-read-the-alphabet-in-a/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-do-not-admire-the-people-as-such-no-one-really-does-their-folk/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [“One of the problems of a society as tightly controlled as ours is that we get so little information about what those of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/one-of-the-problems-of-a-society-as-tightly-controlled-as-ours-is/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/gore-vidal/#itemlist", "name": "21 Trump Quotes By Gore Vidal", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're not part of that club, as I certainly am not, you are not presidential.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gore Vidal" }, "url": 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