Quote Dump
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.–Ronald Reagan”,
“Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what’s good for people than people do is a swine.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“People with a mission to save the earth want the earth to seem worse than it is so their mission will look more important.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“‘Capitalism,’ says Irving Kristol, ‘is the least romantic conception of a public order that the human mind has ever conceived.’ The reason it’s so unromantic is that it doesn’t tell people what to do and that can be very frustrating for intellectuals who want to tell people what to do.–Jonah Goldberg”,
“At 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.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.–Ronald Reagan”,
“The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“I’m a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn’t stick your nose in other people’s business except to make a buck.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow.–Ronald Reagan”,
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“Making meaningful distinctions is not hypocrisy, it’s called ‘thinking.’–Jonah Goldberg”,
“Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.–Ronald Reagan”,
“Dissent is morally neutral. You can correctly call yourself a dissident because you like to kick puppies, but at the end of the day, you’re just a jerk who likes to kick puppies.–Jonah Goldberg”,
“Advocating the expansion of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“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”,
“You can’t get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That’s all you need to know about communism.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“‘We the people’ tell the government what to do, it doesn’t tell us.–Ronald Reagan”,
“The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.–Ronald Reagan”,
“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited.–Ronald Reagan”,
“Why is it fair game to question conservatives’ love or loyalty to children or to their fellow man, but beyond the pale to question liberals’ love of country?–Jonah Goldberg”,
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.–Ronald Reagan”,
“Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.–Michael Phelps”,
“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.–Ronald Reagan”,
“Though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view.–William F. Buckley, Jr.”,
“Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation’s capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead of glorified stenographers.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“The ten most dangerous words in the English language are ‘Hi, I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’–Ronald Reagan”,
“Government can’t do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.–William F. Buckley, Jr.”,
“There are two organizations pushing for change in November — al Qaeda and the Democratic party. And they both have the same message: ‘We’re going to fix you, America.’ –P. J. O’Rourke”,
“Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.–Ronald Reagan”,
“This is not the time for political fun and games. This is the time for a new beginning.–Ronald Reagan”,
“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.–William F. Buckley, Jr.”,
“Take the two leading liberal columnists at the New York Times, Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman. As we all know, one’s a whining self-parody of a hysterical liberal who lets feminine emotion and fear defeat reason and fact in almost every column. The other used to date Michael Douglas.–Jonah Goldberg”,
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“A good bachelor drinks his dessert (and sometimes the rest of his meals). A sweet tooth is a danger signal that you’re getting too much exercise and not enough cocktails.–P. J. O’Rourke”,
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.–William F. Buckley, Jr.”,
“There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.–P. J. O’Rourke”
