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Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
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It would drive a person crazy to dope out really what does divide the two parties. Prosperity don't divide the two parties, for under either administration the poor get poorer and the rich get richer.
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I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes-I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em
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Get a sales tax, small on necessities and large on luxuries then a stiff inheritance tax on the fellow that saves and don't spend. That will get him either way. A tax paid on the day you buy is not as tough as asking you for it the next year when you are broke.
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In politics practically everything you hear is scandal, and besides, the funny thing is that the things they are whispering ain't half has bad as the things they have been saying right out loud.
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I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know anything else.
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The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich.
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Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury!
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A man only learns by two things one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.
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A vision, without a plan, is just a hallucination.
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When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
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One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
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The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.
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This stuff they are talking here in Congress costs the people of the United States $44 a page. That's beside what it costs to ship it to the asylums where it's read.
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They are having quite an argument over Treasury Secretary Mellon's Tax Bill. Mr. Mellon wants to cut the surtax on the rich, and leave it as is on the poor, as there is more poor than rich. I suppose the majority will win.
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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 can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his money.
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The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em.
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The Democrats and the Republicans are equally corrupt where money is concerned. It's only in the amount where the Republicans excel.
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What's considered enough money? Just a little bit more.
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