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"The social system of private property and limited government is the only system that tends to debarbarize all those who have the innate capacity to acquire personal culture." ~Ludwig von Mises

Oct 21, 2007

P.J. O'Rourke on democracy

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

~ P.J. O'Rourke

Posted by Kevin Duffy at 10:13 PM

Labels: democracy, government, people - O'Rourke; P.J.

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