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They are each good when they are out, and each bad when they are in.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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Labor leaders don't do much laboring after they are able to lead.
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If everybody (traded his car for a horse) they would be out of debt in a couple of years. Just think, no gas, no tires, no roads to pay for.
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Bankers are likeable rascals. Now that we are all wise to 'em, it's been shown that they don't know any more about finances than the rest of us know about our businesses... which has proved to be nothing.
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If you want to know how a man stands, go among the people who are in his same business.
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I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it.
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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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Don't be misled by History, or any other unreliable source.
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All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases.
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More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
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I haven't seen a tractor working all day. The country has gone sane and got back to horses. Farmers all look worse, but they feel better.
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Candidates have been telling you that if elected they would 'pull you from this bog hole of financial misery.' Now is a good chance to get even with 'em, by electing 'em, just to prove what a liar they are.
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Farmers spend more time at Conventions than they do plowing.
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Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.
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All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
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A politician is just like a pickpocket it's almost impossible to get him to reform.
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I bet you, if I had met Trotsky, and had had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I have never yet met a man I didn't like.
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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
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Any person that don't read at least one well-written country newspaper is not truly informed.
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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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The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
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