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I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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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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In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.
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This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
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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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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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The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.
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There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.
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If you eliminate the names of Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt, Jackson and Wilson, both conventions would get out three days earlier.
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Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.
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Conferences are just like the poor and the Democrats, they will always be with us.
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People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
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A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.
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Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.
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There's no way in the world you're going to make a political party respectable unless you keep it out of office.
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