6 Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke about ideas

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    The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

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    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.

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    Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist.

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    Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

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    The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.

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    The key ingredient of politics is the idea that all of society's ills can be cured politically. It's like a cookbook where the recipe for everything is to fry it. The fruit cocktail is fried.

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