It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments … - P. J. O'Rourke

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If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.

P. J. O'Rourke

It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth.

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Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race

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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

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Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.

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There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.

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You read [Bill ] Maher's book, and he didn't take Econ 101. All his arguments about gasoline, it's not that they're right or wrong - they're just not informed.

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Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose and combat the falsehoods in socialism, organic evolution, rationalism, humanism, and so forth. …And our nation will continue to degenerate unless we read and heed the words of the God of this land, Jesus Christ, and quit building up and upholding the secret combinations which the Book of Mormon tells us proved the downfall of both previous American civilizations.

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