To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze.
P.J. O'RourkePeople are all exactly alike. There's no such thing as a race and barely such a thing as an ethnic group. If we were dogs, we'd be the same breed. George Bush and an Australian Aborigine have fewer differences than a Lhasa apso and a toy fox terrier. A Japanese raised in Riyadh would be an Arab. A Zulu raised in New Rochelle would be an orthodontist. People are all the same, though their circumstances differ terribly.
P.J. O'RourkeNo drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
P.J. O'RourkeTags: willful-ignorance society-s-increasing-stupidity
America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.
P.J. O'RourkeAnyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
P.J. O'RourkeEvery government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P.J. O'RourkeThe weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
P.J. O'RourkeTags: humor appearance behavior being-exceptional
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a "learning experience." Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a "learning experience." It makes me feel less stupid.
P.J. O'RourkeWealth makes materialism easier to bear.
P.J. O'RourkeAt the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.
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