As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to 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. - Gore Vidal

Famous Quotes / Gore Vidal

Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Gore Vidal: "As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to 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."

Gore Vidal's Quotations

Quotations about

Action	Against	City	Confuse
Decadent	Destroying	Disguise	Election
Grow	Grows	Illuminate	Interests
Language	Liberate	People	Societies
Solemnly	Time	Used	Vote
Words

Quotes by Power Quotations