So sorry to hear of the death of GORE VIDAL at the age of 86.  I loved his wit and comments.

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

"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."

"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent too.  Words are used to disguise, not illuminate, action: you "liberate" a city by destroying it.  Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests."