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Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.

Will Rogers

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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Polo, racing and horse shows all are doing great work to help the farmer and rancher to raise better horses.
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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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You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.
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The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
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Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
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America is the first country where people go to the poor house in their car.
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Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
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If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.
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When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
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