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P.
J. O'Rourke
American
Journalist |
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Government
proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy
must dispose of government proposals by dumping them
on us.
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Maybe a nation
that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has
our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about
"character issues." Either that or just go
ahead and determine the presidency with three-legged
races and pie-eating contests. It would make better
TV.
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Giving
money and power to government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys.
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Politics
are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and
paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things
done. Politics are, like God’s infinite mercy, a
last resort.
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The
Democrats are the party that says government will make
you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass
on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says
government doesn't work and then they get elected and
prove it.
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For
the people in government, rather than the people who
pester it, Washington is an early-rising, hard-working
city. It is a popular delusion that the government
wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and
sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are
required to waste this much money.
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The
mystery of government is not how Washington works but
how to make it stop.
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