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.
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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It’s better to make fun of yourself because you’ve always got someone around to make fun of, and they can’t sue you.
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A fundamental American question is, ‘What’s the big idea?’
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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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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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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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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Never wear anything that panics the cat.
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Liberals have invented whole college majors – psychology, sociology and women’s studies – to prove that nothing is anybody’s fault.
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I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait ’til it’s free.
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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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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as ‘caring’ and ‘sensitive’ because he wants to expand the government’s charitable programs is merely saying that he’s willing to try to do good with other people’s money.
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