Communism doesn’t really starve or execute that many people. Mostly it just bores them to death.
P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
Similar Quotes
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with ...
- David KortenGovernment should do a few things, and do them right.
- George W. BushBoxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.
- Gerry CooneyPolitics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
- Sidney HillmanMediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
- Hans Magnus EnzensbergerComments on: "P. J. O'Rourke Quotes: Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not..."
| Birth: | 14th November, 1947 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist, Politician, Satirist, Writer |
About
P. J. O'Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. In the United Kingdom, he is known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s.
Share with your friends