The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power. P. J. O'Rourke More Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke More Quotes From P. J. O'Rourke As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by an average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place. P. J. O'Rourke simplerunningbelieve The question nowadays is not what makes government work. The question is how do we make it stop. P. J. O'Rourke government-workgovernment Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food, and Dan Quayle confused with a national political leader, masochists are clearly less mixed-up than the rest of us. P. J. O'Rourke confusedpainpeople People have a right to my food, a right to my housing, and a right to my good job for my decent pay. P. J. O'Rourke payjobspeople Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution. P. J. O'Rourke adamrevolutionfacts The Vietnamese Hoa were merchants and manufacturers. They were very successful and thus, according to the logic of Marxism, responsible for society's failures. The Hoa suffered the same fate as the pizza parlour in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing except at the hands of the world's fourth largest army instead of a small, petulant movie director. P. J. O'Rourke fatearmysuccessful When a private entity does not produce the desired results, it is (certain body parts excepted) done away with. But a public entity gets bigger. P. J. O'Rourke biggerdonedoe That is the really great thing about being an adult male, once you get married and have children the whole decision-making process is taken out of your hands, and I for one am extremely grateful. P. J. O'Rourke gratefultakenchildren People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. P. J. O'Rourke smartwisejobs I remember thinking cocaine was subtle until I noticed I'd been awake for three weeks and didn't know any of the naked people passed out around me. P. J. O'Rourke nakedpeoplethinking The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet or your wallet than it is to change a government with your vote. P. J. O'Rourke differencesgovernmentfeet Commies love concrete. P. J. O'Rourke concrete Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. And everything that isn't fun is dangerous too. It's impossible to be alive and safe. P. J. O'Rourke alivesafefun Remember, FDA employees are serious about fear. We pay these people to panic about an iota of rodent hair in our chili, even when the recipe calls for it. FDA employees are first-class agonizers, world champions at losing sleep. When Meryl Streep got hysterical about Alar, they actually checked the apples instead of Meryl's head. P. J. O'Rourke applessleepclass We should never hesitate to listen to a fool about life because life is pretty foolish as far as I can tell. P. J. O'Rourke foolshouldlife-is It is important to remember when making jokes about women, that they are not a minority. They weren't captured on another continent and brought here in leg-irons (funny shoes, yes, but not leg-irons) and Hitler didn't blame them for Germany's loss in WWI. Therefore, you can make any kind of fun of them you want. P. J. O'Rourke shoeslossfun What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are politics if you can't obtain mastery over people and give them noogies back? P. J. O'Rourke ropegivingpeople Humans have trouble with economics, as you may have noticed, and not just because economic circumstances sometimes cause them to starve. Humans seem to have an innate inability to pay attention to economic principles. P. J. O'Rourke inabilityprinciplesattention Worshiping the earth is more fun than going to church. It's also closer. P. J. O'Rourke going-to-churchchurchfun East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory. P. J. O'Rourke east-germanyhumorousfunny
