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If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat.
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It's no laughing matter being a Republican in these perilous times. Anyone can be a Republican when the stock market is up, but when stocks are selling for no more than they're worth, I tell you, being a Republican - it's a sacrifice.
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We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build a fire, we dig a little coal. But when we run out of all these things, then we will find out just how good we really are.
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Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.
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If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.
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I don't think either one of them knows what it's all about, to be honest with you. Both sides are doing nothing but just looking towards the next election.
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The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.
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Cattlemen have lost more in the last few years than anybody and say less about it.
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You know the more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. My only solution would be to keep em both out one term and hire my good friend Henry Ford to run the whole thing, and give him a commission on what he saves us.
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If this depression stays with us, the loser Tuesday is going to be the winner.
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The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back
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It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.
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