Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes achieve attempt merit
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. P. J. O'Rourke buycontrollegislation Change image and share on social
The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it. P. J. O'Rourke albeitalfredbernhard Change image and share on social
Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world. P. J. O'Rourke encompassentirefree Change image and share on social
Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment. Lord Byron amiablediscernmentfind Change image and share on social
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Reinhold Niebuhr achievehopelifetime Change image and share on social
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface. Edward Hopper attemptcharacterdeny Change image and share on social
