A penny will not buy a penny postcard or a penny whistle or a single piece of penny candy. It will not even, if you’re managing the U.S. Mint, buy a penny. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you’re not in the Army. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians – whatever those motives may be – is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It’s been a general stimulus. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
You can’t destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America’s elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you’re doing us a favor. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
There are a number of Americans who shouldn’t vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote