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Everyone wants to vote for the best and most qualified man, but he never runs for office.
Will Rogers
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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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We owe more money than any Nation in the World, and we are LOWERING TAXES. When is the time to pay off a debt if it is not when you are doing well? You let a Politician return home from Washington and announce, 'Boys we lowered your taxes. We had to borrow the money to do it, but we did it.' Say, they would elect him for life.
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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
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Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.
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There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
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Conferences are just like the poor and the Democrats, they will always be with us.
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We are here for just a spell, so get a few laughs.
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Now they got such a high inheritance tax on 'em that you won't catch these old rich boys dying promiscuously like they did. This bill makes patriots out of everybody. You sure do die for your country if you die from now on.
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