Gore Vidal
Writer, Essayist, Playwright
"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action."
Election Time quotes
Election Time
5 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Margaret Thatcher
Politician
"Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season."
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