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Will Rogers
Quotes by Will Rogers
Quotes by Will Rogers
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
Will Rogers
“Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.”
Will Rogers
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”
Will Rogers
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”
Will Rogers
“If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”
Will Rogers
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.”
Will Rogers
“A fool and his money are soon elected.”
Will Rogers
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
Will Rogers
“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
Will Rogers
“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
Will Rogers
“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
“Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.”
Will Rogers
“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?”
Will Rogers
“Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.”
Will Rogers
“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.”
Will Rogers
“I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.”
Will Rogers
“Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.”
Will Rogers
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
Will Rogers
“About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.”
Will Rogers
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
Will Rogers
“I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'”
Will Rogers
“The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.”
Will Rogers
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.”
Will Rogers
“Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.”
Will Rogers
