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Tue Jul 18, 2017, 03:07 PM Jul 2017

P. J. O'Rourke "Parliament of Whores" 1991

"The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."

From"Parliament of Whores"

Actually the full quote is:

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.

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