America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being ‘hegemonistic’, of engaging in ‘unilateralism’, of behaving as if we’re the only nation on earth that counts. We are.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe 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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As a former writer for the ‘National Lampoon,’ I’ve probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
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I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.
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When you’re a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, ‘Gee, I wouldn’t want to be doing that.’ They’re on your side.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it’s so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I’ve received a spam text.
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn’t exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments.
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait ’til it’s free.
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Never fight an inanimate object.
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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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