"Social Security is a government program with a……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich."
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P.J. O'Rourke
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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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Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these…
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With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of…
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Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.
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By now I was utterly deprogrammed. I walked along naked usually, clothes being not only putrid but unnecessary. My skin…
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I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to…
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There are many farm handouts; but let's call them what they really are: a form of legalized theft. Essentially, a…
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You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success…
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We will proceed with current land reform with or without sanctions, ... Let that position be known here and abroad…
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There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent,…
— Louisa Lawson
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We also know that the various faith-based institutions provide about 50 per cent of the health and education services in…
— Thoraya Obaid
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We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe…
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All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues.
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