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Quote from P. J. O'Rourke,


"When a government controls both
the economic power of individuals
and the coercive power of the state ...
this violates a fundamental rule of happy living:
Never let the people with all the money
and the people with all the guns be the same people."


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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

Categories:

Arms, Coercion, Constitution, Economics, Government, Guns, Happiness, Individual Rights, Power, Subservience, Wealth

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