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Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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Labor Day, I suppose set by an Act of Congress. Everything we do nowadays is either by, or against, Acts of Congress. How Congress knew anything about Labor is beyond us.
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You can have all the advanced war methods you want, but, after all, nobody has ever invented a war that you don't have to have somebody in the guise of soldiers to stop the bullets.
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Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb
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There is two types of Larceny, Petty and Grand. They are supposed to be the same in the eyes of the law, but judges always put a little extra on you for Petty, which is kind of a fine for stupidness.
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You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.
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What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
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And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They dont like to be corrected in company. Dont send messages to em, send candy.
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The United States investigates everything - usually after it's dead.
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Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
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People are getting smarter nowadays they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
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Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
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It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
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There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.
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There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
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There is no more interesting place in the world to meet characters than a movie set.
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Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.
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Wall Street is being investigated, but they are not asleep while it's being done. You see where the Senate took that tax off the sales of stocks, didn't you? Saved 'em $48,000,000. Now, why don't somebody investigate the Senate and see who got to them to get that tax removed? That would be a real investigation.
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It rained in the Middle West. Farmers are learning that the relief they get from the sky beats what they get from Washington.
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You got to do more than just live in the country to be a Farmer.
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The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.
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