P. J. O'Rourke Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Government does not cause affluence.
Citizens of totalitarian countries
have plenty of government and
nothing of anything else."

by:	P. J. O'Rourke (1947-2022) US humorist, journalist, & political commentator
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Categories:	Authority, Control, Government, Prosperity, Totalitarian, Wealth
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Reader comments about this quote:

And the United States is moving toward those who have, and those who have not. -- Joe, Rochester, MI 2
Too bad liberals don't care about such things. They just think that the method of government providing affluence hasn't been perfected yet. -- David, Pittsburgh, PA 2
Those people with a memory lasting back to 1989 still know this is perfectly true. -- Thomas Pauli, Berlin/Germny 2
Earthly governments are philosophies / religions of power and control, mostly engaged in a few usurping the many. As a rule, the greater the country's governmental application (the few) practices totalitarian (cause), the less the many have (effect). -- Mike, Norwalk 2
The only way for a government to cause affluence is to get out of the way and stop debasing the currency. All else is designed to yoke the productive to cause affluence for the state and the politburo. -- E Archer, NYC