# Quote — P. J. O'Rourke, Peace Kills

> Wherever there's injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it's happening.

- Author: [P. J. O'Rourke](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke.md)
- Book: [Peace Kills](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/peace-kills.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._J._O'Rourke#Peace_Kills:_America's_Fun_New_Imperialism_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/peace-kills/wherever-theres-injustice

## More from this book

> The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/peace-kills/the-idea-of-a-news.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md)