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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes: Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.
         

Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.


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