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Government usually doesn't work. it doesn't work because it is political. people who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. the difference between the political process and an honest life is the difference between parading around waving picket signs while hollering catcalls in front of the white house and getting up in the morning to go make a living.
-P. J. O'Rourke
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Government Usually Doesn't Work. It Doesn't Work

P. J. O'Rourke
Government usually doesn't work. it doesn't work because it is political. people who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. the difference between the political process and an honest life is the difference between parading around waving picket signs while hollering catcalls in front of the white house and getting up in the morning to go make a living.
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