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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.
-P. J. O'Rourke
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The Key Ingredient Of Politics Is The

P. J. O'Rourke
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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