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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.

P. J. O'Rourke

Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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Achieve Attempt Merit Politics Power Prestige
I read good. I was an English major.
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English Good Major Read
The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Country Factor Put Room Themselves Two
Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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Catch Contemporary Country English Flourish Phrase
Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it.
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Dosproven Fact Mindless Opinion People Some
There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Away Men never One Sie Sooner Take Thing Women
Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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Best Bought Guy Happen Journalism People Person Popular Thing Wonderful
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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Actually Dollar Federal Promise Research Silver
People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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Always Anything People Tell Truth
You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.
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Give Money People Poverty Rid
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as ‘caring’ and ‘sensitive’ because he wants to expand the government’s charitable programs is merely saying that he’s willing to try to do good with other people’s money.
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Advocate Charity Compulsory Government Merely Politician Virtue
Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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Irritate Let More Nuisance Other President
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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Cleanliness Godliness Important More Unlikely
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going.
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Ask Came Children Form Go Grow Know Tell
If you think health care is expensive now, just wait ’til it’s free.
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Care Expensive Free Health Now Think Wait
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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Democrat Government Lawn Make Party Republican Smarter
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.
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Again Anything Behaviour Done Experience Learn Sixties Stupid Think
Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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Belt Cigarette Government Hazard Helth Kill Many More People Set
Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let’s hope so.
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Better Boomer Generation Hope Millennial Run
Let’s reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools – and use it on the teachers.
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Corporal Introduce Let Punishment School Tracker Use
If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it’s a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also – to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
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Ask Children Clean Cook Down Government Hold Problem Solve
The divorce rate in 1946 was higher than it ever had been and as high as it ever would be until the ’70s. The reason was that prior relationships had not endured the strain of war.
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Divorce Prior Rate Reason Relation Seventy Until Veen
The baby boomers’ politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great majority of us are well in the middle of that spectrum, but still, there’s been both leftie silliness and right-wing silliness.
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Baby Band Boomer Covered Great People Silliness Type Underground
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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Analysis Commentary Fellow High Member News Place Quite Source
Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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Accept Blink Eye Gay Happen Marriage
I’m old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
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Country Dirty Enough Now Old Over Remember
Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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Benefit Bring Hero People Rich Wealth

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