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“What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.”

P. J. O'Rourke · Government

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P. J. O'Rourke

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.

God

P. J. O'Rourke

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.

Change

P. J. O'Rourke

I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements.

Travel

P. J. O'Rourke

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

Government