If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ✨ P. J. O'R…

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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, p.228, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, p.228, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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