At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child

P. J. O'Rourke
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At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer, p.22, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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