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P. J. O'Rourke

"Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy."

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"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

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"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions."

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"Some people had attack dogs. Ghastek had attack lawyers."

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"All authority belongs to the people."

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"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

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"I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day."

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"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."

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"It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'."

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"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."

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"There is this common notion that young conservatives are the few, that most people had liberal worldviews when they were young. If this is true, then it is with great irony that a number of old liberals must never had progressed into conservatives as they grew older."

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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."

History

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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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P. J. O'Rourke
"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."

Consequence

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P. J. O'Rourke
"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."

Will

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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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P. J. O'Rourke
"The average IQ in America is-and this can be proven mathematically-average."

Intelligence

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P. J. O'Rourke
"Never fight an inanimate object."

Fight

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P. J. O'Rourke
"When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital."

Society

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P. J. O'Rourke
"I understand Twitter has become popular among politicians. This technology allows them to stay in perpetual contact with their constituents. The electorate now has instant information about what politicians have been up to."

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"Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum."

Rights

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