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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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I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now, as soon as he tells all he knows, he has to sit down. Most of these birds will just be getting up and nodding now. Why, some of them won't be able to answer roll call.
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Andrew Jackson was the first one to think up the idea to promise everybody that if they will vote for you, you will give them an office when you get it, and the more times they vote for you, the bigger the office.
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Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.
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There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.
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If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
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Take me ham away, take away my eggs, even my Chili, but leave me my newspaper.
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Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and, God knows, he doesn't know much.
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Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth.
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There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
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A fanatic is always the fellow that is on the opposite side.
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The man that found the 726-carat diamond in Africa, received $350,000 for it and wants to buy a farm and silk hat. Well, I can understand a man perhaps being eccentric enough to want to own a silk hat.
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Let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help them back to bed again.
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Common sense is not an issue in politics--it's an affliction.
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It's the fellow who knows when to quit that the audience wants more of.
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I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his money.
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If any of us had a child that we thought was as bad as we know we are, we would have cause to start to worry.
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People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the cause is there.
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About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
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Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.
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