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" The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Government
Washington
Mystery
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" When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me. "
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" Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others. "
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" Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye. "
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" All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step. "
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" I don't understand anything about America's culture. "
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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 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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" Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such an excellent banjo player that you almost don't wish you had a pair of wire cutters. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Singing
You
Wish
" The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Over
Again
Government
" Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely. "
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More
Cleanliness
" Medical researchers don't know much about head lice because they don't much care. The reason that they don't much care is, paradoxically, that they know a lot. That is, they know one important thing: there is no evidence that head lice transmit disease. "
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Know
Important
Medical
" I am unboreable in the great outdoors. "
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I Am
Am
Great
" Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Easy
Writing
Sitting
" 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. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Death
Out
History
" People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Always
People
Will
" Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Gay
Care
Health
" Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent! "
P. J. O'Rourke
Parent
Someone
Pretty
" Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology and women's studies - to prove that nothing is anybody's fault. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Women
Nothing
Prove
" Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Old People
People
Crazy
" You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. "
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You
People
Money
" All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Bad
Change
Done
" Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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Got
Country
" Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System. "
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" You can't destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America's elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you're doing us a favor. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Down
America
You
" Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Climate Change
Research
Change
" There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Percent
Vote
Number
" Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit. "
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Politics
Without
Achieve
" Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. "
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Engineering
Nature
Art
" I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius. "
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Know
Business