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There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money - if a gun is held to his head.

P. J. O'Rourke's Popular Quotes

Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.

- P. J. O'Rourke

Most of the people who have grabbed hold of climate change and greenhouse gases, pollution, oil dependency - they have another motive, and their moti…

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Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of.

- P. J. O'Rourke

Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. I…

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When a thing defies physical law, there's usually politics involved.

- P. J. O'Rourke

In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election

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If we're free to do what we want, why does government always have a plan for us?

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Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit.

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Politicians are wonderful people as longa as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

- P. J. O'Rourke