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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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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty!
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Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work.
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