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Quote from P. J. O'Rourke,

"Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every  government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are US.''



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P. J. O'Rourke (more quotes by P. J. O'Rourke or books by/about P. J. O'Rourke)


(1947-2022) US humorist, journalist, & political commentator

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Parliament of Whores

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Authority

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