United states Quotes by Gore Vidal

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

— Gore Vidal

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

— Gore Vidal

I think the Chinese will say the hell with you and pull their money out of the United States. That's the end…

— Gore Vidal

If you want to rise in politics in the United States, there is one subject you must stay away from, and that…

— Gore Vidal

There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.

— Gore Vidal

The United States is my subject, but as Hawthorne once wrote, "the United States are suited for many admirable purposes, but not…

— Gore Vidal

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since.

— Gore Vidal

I am savage about what has been done to the United States by its rulers.

— Gore Vidal

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country…

— Gore Vidal

Instead of finding alternative energy sources, we try to subjugate entire regions of the world. People do not understand that by doing…

— Gore Vidal

Without communism ... our state lacks a Wizard of Oz to terrify all the people all the time. So the state looks…

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If you're a critic of the rulers of the United States, you are either demonized, or you are trivialized by the press,…

— Gore Vidal

I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was…

— Gore Vidal

I'd say that Holland, Sweden, and Denmark are all better countries politically than the United States. The average person is far better…

— Gore Vidal

I said, well, it's a very primitive country, the United States, and it's full of superstitions, which come out of a very…

— Gore Vidal

When you control opinion, as corporate America controls opinion in the United States by owning the media, you can make the masses…

— Gore Vidal

This might explain why Obama gave billions to Wall Street crooks, and dragged the Iraq and Afghan wars on and on. Happily…

— Gore Vidal

The period of Prohibition - called the noble experiment - brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States…

— Gore Vidal

To hear two American men congratulating each other on being heterosexual is one of the most chilling experiences - and unique to…

— 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…

— Gore Vidal

The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and…

— Gore Vidal

In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required…

— Gore Vidal

Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct…

— Gore Vidal