I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion. P. J. O'Rourke favorinvasioniraq Change image and share on social
Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market. P. J. O'Rourke californiandevisedimension Change image and share on social
There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages. P. J. O'Rourke bringeconomicencourage Change image and share on social
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. P. J. O'Rourke carfamilyfunny Change image and share on social
Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free. P. J. O'Rourke countryfinlandfree Change image and share on social
I'm on Medicare now. If I go and have a big operation, it costs me nothing. It should cost me a little. I'm not rich, but I can afford a few grand if I have to have my appendix taken out. I can pitch in a little bit. P. J. O'Rourke affordappendixbig share on social
Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats. P. J. O'Rourke americademocrathate Change image and share on social
The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs. P. J. O'Rourke brightgoldmanpolitic Change image and share on social
Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun. P. J. O'Rourke asiaberlincaucasus Change image and share on social
Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks. P. J. O'Rourke antithesisbagblack share on social
