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" America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus. "
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" The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews. "
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" The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats. "
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" The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. "
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" There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list. "
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" Rahm Emanuel is, we are almost certain, a vampire. "
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" My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid. "
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" My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth. "
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" If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas. "
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" Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. "
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" The average IQ in America is - and this can be proven mathematically - average. "
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" A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver. "
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Silver
" Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum. "
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" I live in rural New Hampshire, and we are, frankly, short on people who are black, gay, Jewish, and Hispanic. In fact, we're short on people. My town has a population of 301. "
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Gay
" My ignorance is widespread. "
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" Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference. "
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" America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays. "
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" In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City. "
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" Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. "
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Whatever
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" Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. "
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" The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it. "
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" Fascism is very much a mob movement. "
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" In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America. "
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" Regulation creates a moral hazard. "
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" There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. "
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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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" Term limits aren't enough. We need jail. "
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" The good thing about SUVs is they have storage. "
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" Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative. "
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