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Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

Book by P. J. O'Rourke · 5 quotes · Government, Ifs, Politics

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Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government Quotes

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”

“It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”

“We won't dispassionately investigate or rationally debate which drugs do what damage and whether or how much of that damage is the result of criminalization. We'd rather work ourselves into a screaming fit of puritanism and then go home and take a pill.”