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P. J. O'ROURKEThe best and brightest don’t go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.
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Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.
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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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A humorist doesn’t really do that much note-taking.
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The budget doesn’t have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn’t have much control over the budget.
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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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A fundamental American question is, ‘What’s the big idea?’
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Liberals have invented whole college majors – psychology, sociology and women’s studies – to prove that nothing is anybody’s fault.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren’t there.
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The best and brightest don’t go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.
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A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It’s a promissory note that doesn’t actually promise anything. It’s not backed by gold or silver.
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It’s better to make fun of yourself because you’ve always got someone around to make fun of, and they can’t sue you.
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When I’m in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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Just because a subject is serious doesn’t mean it doesn’t have plenty of absurdities.
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The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.
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