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Farmers spend more time at Conventions than they do plowing.
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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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William Penn Adair Rogers
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Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
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Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
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Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
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Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse.
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I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.
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Congress meets tomorrow morning. Let us all pray: Oh Lord, give us strength to bear that which is about to be inflicted upon us. Be merciful with them, oh Lord, for they know not what they're doing. Amen.
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Coolidge made less speeches and got more votes than any man that ever run. (William Jennings) Bryan was listened to and cheered by more people than any single human in politics, and he lost. So there is a doubt just whether talking does you good or harm.
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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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When a fellow ain't got much mind, it don't take him long to make it up.
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I have often said in answer to inquiries as to how I got away with kidding some of our public men, that it was because I liked all of them personally, and that if there was no malice in your heart there could be none in your Gags, and I have always said I never met a man I dident like.
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Take me ham away, take away my eggs, even my Chili, but leave me my newspaper.
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It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
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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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Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones?
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They used to take your horse and if they were caught they got hung for it. Now they take your car, and if they are caught it's a miracle.
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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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An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
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Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
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I am always going to do my best, no matter where I am.
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Millions and millions of people don't pay an income tax, because they don't earn enough to pay on one, but you pay a land tax whether it ever did or ever will earn you a penny. You should pay on things that you buy outside of bare necessities. I think this sales tax is the best tax we have had in years.
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