# Quote — P. J. O'Rourke, Republican Party Reptile

> I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck.

- Author: [P. J. O'Rourke](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke.md)
- Book: [Republican Party Reptile](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/republican-party-reptile.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._J._O'Rourke#Republican_Party_Reptile_(1987)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/republican-party-reptile/im-a-registered

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> To really enjoy drugs you've got to want to get out of where you are. But there are some wheres that are harder to get out of than others. This is the drug-taking problem for adults. Teenage weltschmerz is easy to escape. But what drug will get a grown-up out of, for instance, debt?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/republican-party-reptile/to-really-enjoy.md)

> These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/republican-party-reptile/these-were-people.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [hypocrisy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hypocrisy.md)

> Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/p-j-orourke/republican-party-reptile/jewishness-cropped-up-and.md)

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