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" Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions. "
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" Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law if they could. "
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" Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby. "
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" Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate. "
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" The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay. "
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" We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there. "
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" Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. "
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" The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove 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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" Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market. "
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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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" Writing is agony. I hate it. "
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" Earnestness is stupidity sent to college. "
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" Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics. "
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" New Hampshire polling data are unreliable because, when you call the Granite State's registered Republicans and independents in the middle of dinner and ask them who they're going to vote for, they have a mouth full of mashed potatoes and you can't understand what they say. "
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" Freedom is for fun. "
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" When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me. "
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" Politics is the one field you don't age out of. "
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" I'm on Medicare now. If I go and have a big operation, it costs me nothing. It should cost me a little. I'm not rich, but I can afford a few grand if I have to have my appendix taken out. I can pitch in a little bit. "
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" Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it. "
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" The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it. "
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" I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.' "
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" The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help. "
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" Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world. "
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" The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. "
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" No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house. "
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" Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living. "
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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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