"Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is."
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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 Haitians Quotes
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one of 19 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
— Tony Campolo
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It may be a blessing in disguise...Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to…
— Pat Robertson
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It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora,…
— Michel Martelly
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The Haitians, who knew something about suffering and survival, had a beautiful phrase... The Translation is not perfect, but the…
— Rick Bragg
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We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.
— Smedley Butler
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Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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But I think it's very key that there's a plan for Haiti. And we have to begin to - as…
— Danny Glover
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In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these…
— Kathryn Lasky
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Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.
— Madison Smartt Bell
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The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were…
— Madison Smartt Bell
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