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Never wear anything that panics the cat.

~P. J. O'Rourke

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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

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Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.

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Term limits aren't enough. We need jail.

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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.

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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

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My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.

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Fascism is very much a mob movement.

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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

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The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: November 14th, 1947

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