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# Gore Vidal on Democrats & Republicans
- URL: https://ivn.us/gore-vidal-on-democrats-republicans/
- Published: 2012-08-02T23:31:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:28:54.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

Gore Vidal was a prolific writer and critic of American society. He passed away on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.

A one-time candidate for Senate, one of his most memorable quotes was on the topic of the two main modern political parties:

> *There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party ... and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until recently ... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.*

Read more about Mr. Vidal's legacy:

[**Remembering Gore Vidal - The Nation**](http://www.thenation.com/blog/169182/remembering-gore-vidal?ref=ivn.us)

[**Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer - New York Times**](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/books/gore-vidal-elegant-writer-dies-at-86.html?pagewanted=all&src=ISMR%5FAP%5FLO%5FMST%5FFB&ref=ivn.us)[**Gore Vidal: Among the last of the great, entitled writers - Associated Press**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/gore-vidal-among-the-last-of-the-great-entitled-writers/2012/08/01/gJQARzX1PX%5Fstory.html?ref=ivn.us)[**The A-Z of Gore Vidal - The Guardian**](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/01/the-a-z-gore-vidal?ref=ivn.us)