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" When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. " ~ P.J. O'Rourke, unverified

Abundantly online but not on Wikiquote until now: https://en.Wikiquote.org/wiki/P._J._O'Rourke

https://libquotes.com/p-j-orourke/quote/lba3a2w

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/37035-when-buying-and-selling-are-controlled-by-legislation-the-first

Bonus:

" You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. " ~ P.J. O'Rourke, The Liberty Manifesto (1993)

Bonus #2:

Wikiquote's quote of the day is good too:

" The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so. " ~ Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1751 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Stanhope,_4th_Earl_of_Chesterfield

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[-]x0x7
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I know how to buy a legislator, but I wonder how I'd sell one. I wonder if I could ever force one to come with me to an auction. It's a little bit like auctioning off a prison bitch. Aight, you goin wit the hartford insurance company now.

[-]JasonCarswell
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Enslaved by their own avarice and sin, just compromise and sell them to a higher bidder on the pyramid of pedos.