Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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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...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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....

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

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...

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,...

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

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...

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.

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...