All P.J. O'Rourke Quotes
- If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions. Big
- The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich. Among
- The idea of a world where all people are alike - in wealth or in anything else - is a fantasy for the stupid. Alike
- Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society. Expectancy
- Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros. Benefits
- Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. Anybody
- Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. Belts
- I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter. Political
- Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter… Behind
- Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest… Altruistic
- We did not become libertarians because we are altruists. Altruists
- People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively. Ants
- 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… American
- There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion. American
- The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon. American
- There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money. American
- Any terrorism is an attack on libertarian values. Any
- War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not. Expands
- War diminishes both civil and economic rights. Both
- Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself. Appeal
- Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to… Affluence
- America is a meritocracy. America
- Space has always been confusing to politics. Been
- 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,… Analysis
- Stupid is a great force in human affairs. Affairs