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Many a politician wishes there was a law to burn old records.
Will Rogers
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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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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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