Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
P. J. O'ROURKEThink what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they’re right.
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There isn’t much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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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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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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Israel is slightly smaller than New Jersey. Moses in effect led the tribes of Israel out of the District of Columbia, parted Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, and wandered for forty years in Delaware.
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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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The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.
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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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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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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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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
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