When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'ROURKEArab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino’s box.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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There isn’t much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading.
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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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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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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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There is only one thing that gives me hope as a Republican, and that is the Democrats. It’s going to be hard to do a worse job running American than the Republicans have, but if anybody can do it, it’s the Democrats.
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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God’s infinite mercy, a last resort.
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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
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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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