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Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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Here is my Farm Relief bill: Every time a Southerner plants nothing on his farm but cotton year after year, and the Northerner nothing but wheat or corn, why, take a hammer and hit him twice right between the eyes. You may dent your hammer, but it will do more real good than all the bills you can pass in a year.
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When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states.
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In time of crisis people want to know that you care, more than they care what you know
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If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on.
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Bankers are likeable rascals. Now that we are all wise to 'em, it's been shown that they don't know any more about finances than the rest of us know about our businesses... which has proved to be nothing.
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When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.
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What's considered enough money? Just a little bit more.
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If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
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Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion.
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A politician is just like a pickpocket it's almost impossible to get him to reform.
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Every man is ignorant - just on different subjects.
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In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.
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