Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
P. J. O'ROURKEI rarely meet a politician that I don’t like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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Never fight an inanimate object.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.
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Adam Smith’s huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.
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You can’t destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America’s elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you’re doing us a favor.
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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow… he wasn’t evil or anything, but he was worthless.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.
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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
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A humorist doesn’t really do that much note-taking.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it’s probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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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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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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