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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.
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Those tax-exempt bonds were put in so that a town or a state or a government could sell more bonds than it ought to.
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It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
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In politics practically everything you hear is scandal, and besides, the funny thing is that the things they are whispering ain't half has bad as the things they have been saying right out loud.
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When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
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I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes-I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em
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And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say they're funny or they're terrible or they're good, or whatever, but you can just pass 'em by. But with Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law! And every time they make a law, it's a joke!
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There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.
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My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.
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I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.
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The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.
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Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury.
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The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
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Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones?
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Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion.
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I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
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I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his money.
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The way to make money in the stock market is to buy a stock. Then, when it goes up, sell it. If it's not going to go up, don't buy it!
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The US is safest when Congress is in recess.
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Why don't somebody print the truth about our present economic situation? We spent six years of wild buying on credit - everything under the sun, whether we needed it or not - and now we are having to pay for 'em, and we are howling like a pet coon.
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