Government Quote by P. J. O'Rourke Download Open image “If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.” — P. J. O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Government Illegal Politics Selling
You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If the government did a good job of publicizing this information, my products wouldn't sell. — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Why should it be illegal to sell something that's perfectly legal to give away? — George Carlin Copy Share Image
A product is not a product unless it sells. Otherwise it is merely a museum piece. — Theodore Levitt Copy Share Image
Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
If people that made products didn't market them and sell them we'd have no economy and nobody would be working. — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
I don't want to sell credit to people who are going to hurt themselves with it. You should only sell products that are good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them. — Loni Anderson Copy Share Image
When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity. — David Bonderman 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
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
