Politics Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

I'm a political conservative.

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I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.

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Politics won't allow for the truth.

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Space has always been confusing to politics.

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Politics is the one field you don't age out of.

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In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.

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There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.

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Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit.

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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

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There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.

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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.

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Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we…

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The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet…

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If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words…

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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…

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And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to…

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One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they…

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The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according…

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The key ingredient of politics is the idea that all of society's ills can be cured politically. It's like a cookbook where…

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If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should…

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You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ... Government contains impure ingredients - as anybody who's looked…

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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of…

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The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that…

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Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By…

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The baby boomers' politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great…

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The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much…

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Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays…

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When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have…

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If I do, I say so. That's the only way out of that. If there are three words that need to be…

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Once we realized that there were these 25 invariable types - the class politician, the frigid popular girl, the kid who tags…

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Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even…

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Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about…

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Think of what big governments have gotten up to in this century : not one, but two world wars, the gulag, the…

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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

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Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.

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Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.

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When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.

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There aren't many political humorists. Dave Barry is excellent, but he doesn't do it much.

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