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Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#does #else #foreign #foreign policy #government

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#children #considered #contest #divorce #ensue

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#giving #money #people #poverty #rid

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#eat #exception #humans #like #only

Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#duties #equipped #even #police #policemen

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#fact #going #i #more #old

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#bedrock #built #consent #derive #governed

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#hat #lady #left #life #looks

Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#conservatism #difficult #easy #easy way #express

I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#danger #endowed #generally #i #lies