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P. J. O'Rourke

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

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"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle."

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"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."

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"The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written."

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"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."

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"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."

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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

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"You measure a government by how few people need help."

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"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

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"Americans accept that gangsters are running the government."

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"War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits."

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P. J. O'Rourke
"America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased."

America

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P. J. O'Rourke
"Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue."

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"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power."

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P. J. O'Rourke
"Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce."

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P. J. O'Rourke
"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."

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P. J. O'Rourke
"In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character."

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P. J. O'Rourke
"A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat."

Life

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"Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope."

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P. J. O'Rourke
"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible."

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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences."

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