We have ceased to be a nation under law but instead a homeland where the withered Bill of Rights, like a dead trumpet vine, clings to our pseudo-Roma… - Gore Vidal

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We have ceased to be a nation under law but instead a homeland where the withered Bill of Rights, like a dead trumpet vine, clings to our pseudo-Roman columns.

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About Gore Vidal

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; (3 October 1925 – 31 July 2012), was an American writer of novels, essays, screenplays, and stage plays.

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Alternative Names: Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Gor Vidal Cameron Kay Eugene Luther Vidal Edgar Box Katherine Everard Eugene Vidal
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