American Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

30 American quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

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P. J. O'Rourke’s thirty quotes blend humor with sharp political satire, offering a light‑hearted yet incisive look at American life. The collection is a quick‑read for anyone who enjoys clever, tongue‑in‑cheek observations.

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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.

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Harvard is the home of American ideas.

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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.

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A fundamental American question is, 'What's the big idea?'

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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.

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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.

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I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism -…

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

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The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon.

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I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.

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America is not doctrinaire. It's hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable.

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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…

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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

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If I were a congressman who had voted for the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, I'd claim it was forced on…

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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…

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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…

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By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands…

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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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A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm…

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Cars let us out of the barn and, while they were at it, destroyed the American nuclear family. As anyone who has…

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The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health…

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Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.

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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…

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Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.

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We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.

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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at…

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There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton…

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There is only one thing that gives me hope as a Republican, and that is the Democrats. It's going to be hard…

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Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very…

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I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes.

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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.

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