"Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent."

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“An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.”

“No public cause deserves the unlimited allegiance of an intelligent man.”

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“The enemies of myth are not the friends of reality but of triviality.”

“To be intelligent without ideas is the privilege of the artist.”

“The individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows.”

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— P. J. O'Rourke

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