"Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt."
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578 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke has 578 quotes on this site.
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Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your…
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Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go…
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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it…
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A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The…
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Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
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Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
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Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very…
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You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak -…
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More Election Quotes
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The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this…
— Chinua Achebe
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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
— Michelle Bachelet
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If we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next…
— Michele Bachmann
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the…
— Lord Acton
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It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately…
— Russell Baker
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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
— Franklin P. Adams
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I…
— Roseanne Barr
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The American people are sick and tired of this 'lesser evil' garbage they get fed every election year. Both the…
— Roseanne Barr
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I will barnstorm American living rooms. Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be…
— Roseanne Barr
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is…
— John Quincy Adams
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
— John Quincy Adams
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