You can't get something for nothing. Everybody remembers this except politicians. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad? — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Politicians are wonderful people as longa as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I understand Twitter has become popular among politicians. This technology allows them to stay in perpetual contact with their constituents. The electorate… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
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… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
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. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
