"Strict gun laws are about as effective as……" — Mike Royko
"Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities and states that have the toughest gun laws have the most murder and mayhem."
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27 Quotes by Mike Royko
Mike Royko has 27 quotes on this site.
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All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts…
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It's no coincidence that female interest in the sport of baseball has increased greatly since the ballplayers swapped those wonderful…
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A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill.
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Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the…
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It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous…
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Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way…
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Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch…
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God tipped the country and all the fruits and nuts rolled west.
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It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger…
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When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse.
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In attacking the young, the liberal, and the black, Daley was in the mainstream of America's mass prejudices. The Democratic…
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There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to…
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Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.…
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
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My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need…
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