The question nowadays is not what makes government work. The question is how do we make it stop.
P. J. O'RourkeSmoking crack is a way for people who couldn't afford college to study the works of Charles Darwin.
P. J. O'RourkeAuthority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.
P. J. O'RourkeThose who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'RourkeThe great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken.
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