Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
P. J. O'ROURKEOnce you’ve built the big machinery of political power, remember you won’t always be the one to run it.
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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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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they’re right.
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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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Supposedly, summer vacation happens because that’s when the kids are home from school, although having the kids home from school is no vacation. And supposedly the kids are home from school because of some vestigial throwback to our agricultural past.
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The budget doesn’t have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn’t have much control over the budget.
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Just because a subject is serious doesn’t mean it doesn’t have plenty of absurdities.
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I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.
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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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A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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