Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of...

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of...

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the...

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the...

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to...

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads,...

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads,...

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual domination obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most...

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual domination obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most...

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex