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United Quotes by Gore Vidal
- The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since.
- In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support…
- To hear two American men congratulating each other on being heterosexual is one of the most chilling experiences - and unique to the United States.…
- The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed…
- On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
- The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country…
- There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
- We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.
More United Quotes
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood
- Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming… — Jane Austen
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the… — Dan Aykroyd
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet