Quote by Gore Vidal on the Founding of the United States

„The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since.“

Gore VidalQuote by Gore Vidal on the founding of the USA and the absence of its once brightest minds.
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Gore Vidal was an American writer, screenwriter, and intellectual known for his sharp style and political essays.

Commentary on Gore Vidal's historical and political assessment of America's Founding Fathers.


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Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was a versatile American writer and intellectual who produced novels, essays, screenplays, and plays. He was known for his critical stance on American politics and society as well as his engagement in social and political debates.

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"America was founded by intellectuals, a rare occurrence in the history of modern nations We might even say that America was founded by intellectuals, from which it has taken us two centuries and a communications revolution to recover." Neil Postman
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Ayn Rand quote about the Founding Fathers as thinkers and men of actionCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The Founding Fathers were neither passive, death-worshipin g mystics nor mindless, power-seeking looters; as a political group they were a phenomenon unprecedented in history: they were thinkers who were also men of action." Ayn Rand
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Samuel Adams quote about liberty and equality in the Declaration of IndependenceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately made by the Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that 'all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights' This declaration of Independence was received and ratified by all the States in the Union & has never been disannuled. May we not from hence conclude, that the doctrine of Liberty and Equality is an article in the political creed of the United States." Samuel Adams
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