Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'ROURKEPeople will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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The people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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Kuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it’s got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It’s not pretty. But it’s striking, I’ll give it that. It’s not as over-the-top as Abu Dhabi or Dubai. But nearly.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of ‘I hate strangers and anything that’s different.’
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?
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Never wear anything that panics the cat.
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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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A fundamental American question is, ‘What’s the big idea?’
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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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The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.
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The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.
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