Quotes by O'Rourke, P. J.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. >>

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If >>

I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a learning experience >>

Quotations about Government

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the >>

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The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contr >>

The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life -- this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.

O'Rourke, P. J.