Quote by Gore Vidal

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely to wield power, to be famed and to be feared. To learn this simple fact one must wade through a sea of


It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who w

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apologetic interpretations and glorifications of historical figures.

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Power
By Gore Vidal
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