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

Quote by P J O'Rourke

Topics: Government Quotes

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This...

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This...

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the...

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the...

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores...

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores...

Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Never wear anything that panics the cat.

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having...

When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having...

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand,...

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand,...

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.

Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This...

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This...

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals...

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals...

If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope...

If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope...

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the...

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the...