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Appeal Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

“Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.” quote by P. J. O'Rourke — Download Open image

“Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.”

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I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.

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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 when the official U.S. measure of poverty was developed in 1963, a poor American family had an income twenty-nine times greater than the average per capita income in the rest of the world. An individual American…

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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 available. Western civilization not only provides a bit of life, a pinch of liberty and the occasional pursuance of happiness, it's also the only thing that's ever tried to. Our civilization is the first in history…

My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.

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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,…

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Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.

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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…

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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.

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Trump's enduring appeal is a resource to be harnessed by the Republican Party, not a burden to be jettisoned.

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You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the attraction limited…

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Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me.

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The dictum of the industry is such that I can't only do films that appeal to me.

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There was such mass appeal for 'Sharknado.' It went over so well - not just here in the United States but globally - that…

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I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

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I'm sorry, but Juicy Couture tracksuits and Ugg boots don't move me in any way, shape or form. I refuse to wear them. Modern…

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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.

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I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T.…

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There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

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