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Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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Technocracy wants to do everything by machinery. Machinery is doing just fine. If it can't kill you, it will put you out of work.
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There is one guaranteed formula for failure, and that is to try to please everyone.
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Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials.
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Congress is deadlocked and can’t act.
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The Supreme Court is divided almost in half on the decisions. Talk about an international court. How would we ever agree with a lot of foreigners when we can't even agree among our own judges?
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We have killed more people celebrating our independence day than we lost fighting for it.
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Golf is a wonderful exercise. You can stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody else putt.
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