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May Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have money and power…
- When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not…
- Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing…
- Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
- Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good…
- You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
- What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and…
- There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.
- Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong