Will Rogers Will Rogers on Politicson Politics

A fool and his money

are soon elected.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. If Stupidity got us

into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

Presented by BrendaPresented by Brenda

Music: Music:

Gonna Find a Mountain by Gonna Find a Mountain by the Crabb Familythe Crabb Family

Cherokee Cowboy and Humorist 1879-1935

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

McGarry Ranch, Rexburg Idaho

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and

say, "How is the president?"

 

Photographer-Photographer-Wranglers, Wranglers,

Ron and LanaRon and Lana

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

 Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.open season on senators.

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.you in a new way.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people.

We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate,now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

  If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number

of funny things passed in one session of congress.of funny things passed in one session of congress.

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."calling him "father."

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

If you make any money, the government

shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets

and all that don't get wet you can keep.

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

Ohio claims Ohio claims they are due a they are due a president as president as they haven't they haven't had one since had one since Taft. Look at Taft. Look at the United the United States, they States, they have not had have not had one since one since Lincoln.Lincoln.

Snake River

  Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.

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