"The forces of safety are afoot in the……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"The forces of safety are afoot in the land. I, for one, believe it is a conspiracy - a conspiracy of Safety Nazis shouting "Sieg Health" and seeking to trammel freedom, liberty, and large noisy parties. The Safety Nazis advocate gun control, vigorous exercise, and health foods. The result can only be a disarmed, exhausted, and half-starved population ready to acquiesce to dictatorship of some kind."
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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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More Acquiesce Quotes
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Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to…
— Bahá'u'lláh
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He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be…
— Thomas Jefferson
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A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work,…
— George Orwell
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If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often…
— Alvin Rosenfeld
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Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic…
— Phillip E. Johnson
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That rock and roll, eh? That rock and roll, it just won't go away. It might hibernate from time to…
— Alex Turner
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Contrary to popular belief, conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of…
— Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote…
— Benazir Bhutto
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There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when…
— A J Muste
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Be strong: we are not here to play, to dream, to drift, we have hard work to do and loads…
— Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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Our nuclear free status means that we decline to acquiesce in the strategies of nuclear deterrence. We will not turn…
— David Lange
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