The main reason to be opposed to political control of smoking is to ke…

P. J. O'Rourke
307 citations
The main reason to be opposed to political control of smoking is to keep power -even the smallest and silliest kind of power - out of the hands of ... members of a dangerous class -the class that knows what's good for us better than we do.
Politics
11

More Author Quotes

Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Agains … ▶
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as caring and sensitive because he wants to expand the government's cha … ▶
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude … ▶
We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interes … ▶

The main reason to be opposed to political control of smoking is to keep power -even the smallest and silliest kind of power - out of the hands of ... members of a dangerous class -the class that knows what's good for us better than we do.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes