"They want politics and think it will save……" — Gilbert Sorrentino
"They want politics and think it will save them. At best, it gives direction to their numbed desires. But there is no politics but the manipulation of power through language. Thus the latter’s constant debasement."
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Gilbert Sorrentino
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8 Quotes by Gilbert Sorrentino
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