Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it. P. J. O'Rourke beautifulchilddetroit Change image and share on social
Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System. P. J. O'Rourke abramofffederaljack Change image and share on social
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 actconcertgovernment Change image and share on social
There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees. P. J. O'Rourke horizontoledotree Change image and share on social
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. P. J. O'Rourke flatterygossipobject Change image and share on social
We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this. P. J. O'Rourke britainbritishcountry share on social
All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see. P. J. O'Rourke demandgivegovernment Change image and share on social
I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. P. J. O'Rourke engagementlotspeak 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
