American - Comedian | November 14, 1947 -
If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?
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There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.
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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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I understand Twitter has become popular among politicians. This technology allows them to stay in perpetual contact with their constituents. The electorate now has instant information about what politicians have been up to.
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There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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