There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as ‘caring’ and ‘sensitive’ because he wants to expand the government’s charitable programs is merely saying that he’s willing to try to do good with other people’s money. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would be gone. The handsome agricultural landscape of which the British are so proud, carefully husbanded since Boudicca’s day, would be replaced by natural growth. The most likely growth is real-estate developments. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God’s grace. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
