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There is nothing that sets a nation back as far in civilization as prosperity.
Will Rogers
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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us.
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Say, did you read what this writer just dug up in George Washington's diary? I was so ashamed I sat up all night reading it.
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Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.
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Congress knew Coolidge would veto the farm bill. There was more politics than relief in that bill.
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When you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you've got to have been looking for it.
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These dust storms.... Poor farmer spent a lifetime fixin' his farm and everything, goes out and looks down at it, and it's up above him.
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Wish all the Farmers would move to town one year, that's the only way I know to clear the thing up.
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There will never be a time when the old horse is not superior to any auto ever made.
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Course, that's the trouble with politics, it breeds politics! So that makes it pretty hard to stamp out.
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They call it the Latin Quarter because nobody there is Latin and nobody has a quarter.
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We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
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... while the Republicans are smart enough to make money, the Democrats are smart enough to get in office every two or three times a century and take it away from 'em.
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We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it
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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
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What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't nothing but one word wrong with everyone of us, and that's selfishness.
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Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
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Personally, I have always felt that the best doctor in the world is the Veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter...he's just got to know.
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A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.
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The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more.
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