I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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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I don’t even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I’ve never used a computer.
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Once you’ve built the big machinery of political power, remember you won’t always be the one to run it.
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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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When I’m in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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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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Never wear anything that panics the cat.
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The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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You’re stupid,’ is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
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