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Will Rogers Quotes - Page 4

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You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.

You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.

Atheist, Lying, People

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

Business, People, Mind

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.45, Rowman & Littlefield

The crime of taxation is not in the taking it, it's in the way that it's spent.

Taxation, Way, Crime

Will Rogers (1979). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

A Democrat is just like a baby. If it's hollering and making a lot of noise, there is nothing serious the matter with it. When it's quiet and doesn't pay much attention to anything, that's when it's really dangerous.

Baby, Attention, Noise

It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it.

People, Political, Awful

Will Rogers (1981). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Coolidge Years, 1927-1929”

A fool and his money are soon elected.

Funny, Sarcastic, Money

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.

Morning, Giving, Politics

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Drinking, Prohibition, Liquor

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

Funny, Humor, Government

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Inspirational, Education, Work

The Illiterate Digest "Defending My Soup Plate Position" (1924)

Everyone wants to vote for the best and most qualified man, but he never runs for office.

Running, Men, Office

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

Inspirational, Funny, Crazy

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

Funny, Witty, Humorous

There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars.

Simple, Government, Car

The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match.

Funny, Humor, Two

A president just can't make much showing against congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on.

Night, Thinking, President

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.

Hilarious, Ignorance, Paper

Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.

Kings, War, Fighting

Will Rogers, James Smallwood, Steven K. Gragert (1980). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding”

A Republican moves slowly. They are what we call conservatives. A conservative is a man who has plenty of money and doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't always have plenty of money. A Democrat is a fellow who never had any, but doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't have some.

Moving, Men, Politics

Will Rogers (1982). “The Writings of Will Rogers”

In time of crisis people want to know that you care, more than they care what you know

People, Training, Times Of Crisis

Show me a healthy community with a healthy economy and I will show you a community that has its green infrastructure in order and understands the relationship between the built and the unbuilt environment.

Nature, Smart, Order

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

Ignorance, Knows, Bounds

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.29, Rowman & Littlefield

When you're through learning, you're through.

Belief

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.

Funny, Witty, Humorous

Be a politician; no training necessary.

Political, Training, Politics

Paula Love, Will Rogers (1972). “The Will Rogers book”, Texian Pr

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