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.
P. J. O'ROURKEWhatever 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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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You’d better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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America wasn’t founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.
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Don’t send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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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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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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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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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don’t draft people; it’s not jury duty.
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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren’t carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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