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You think of the Republican Party as a party, like the British Conservative Party - well it isn't! I don't say that the British Conservative Party is much better, I'm only saying the Republican Party...

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Gore Vidal's America - 2009 - Seven part interview by Paul Jay, "On American Altruism" - The Real News, - 5 July 2009.

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You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

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Gore Vidal's America - 2009 - Seven part interview by Paul Jay, "On the Media" - The Real News, - 5 July 2009.

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Well, remember, all that area from which the Gore family comes was solid Democrat and progressive under Roosevelt for several decades. So they just didn't become Republicans because they all wanted...

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Gore Vidal's America - 2009 - Seven part interview by Paul Jay, "On the American South's switch from Democrat to Republican" - The Real News, - 5 July 2009.

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Well, you have to work out what it is. They are a little splinter. They can't summon many voters at any given time. They are a minority of a minority of a minority. They have everybody buffaloed...

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Gore Vidal's America - 2009 - Seven part interview by Paul Jay, "On the religious right in America" - The Real News, - 5 July 2009.

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Well, it's been the monopolizing of great wealth, which tends to happen in basically unjust societies and undemocratic societies. We have plenty of would-be democrats, would-be liberals, and would-be...

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Gore Vidal's America - 2009 - Seven part interview by Paul Jay, "On On Fascism - The Real News, - 5 July 2009.

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You cannot get through the density of the propaganda with which the American people, through the dreaded media, have been filled and the horrible public educational system we have for the average...

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Gore Vidal's America - 2009 - Seven part interview by Paul Jay, "On American Altruism" - The Real News, - 5 July 2009.

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We’re the most captive nation of slaves that ever came along. The moral timidity of the average American is quite noticeable. Everybody’s afraid to be thought in any way different from everyone...

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What I've Learned - 2008 - Interview by Mike Sager, Esquire.

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People in my situation get to read about themselves whether they want to or not. It's generally wrong. Or oversimplified — which is sometimes useful

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What I've Learned - 2008 - Interview by Mike Sager, Esquire.

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Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.

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What I've Learned - 2008 - Interview by Mike Sager, Esquire.

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Some of my father's fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, "I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any." We agreed on...

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What I've Learned - 2008 - Interview by Mike Sager, Esquire.

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