The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.


Will Rogers

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WILL ROGERS
Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans
WILL ROGERS
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we neve...
WILL ROGERS
Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
WILL ROGERS
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
WILL ROGERS
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a Hous...
WILL ROGERS
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, a...
WILL ROGERS
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplo...
WILL ROGERS
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper t...
WILL ROGERS
I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat.
WILL ROGERS
Parades should be classed as a nuisance and participants should be subject to a term in prison.
WILL ROGERS
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
WILL ROGERS
Noah must have taken into the Ark two taxes, one male and one female. And did they multiply bountifu...
WILL ROGERS
The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every mor...
WILL ROGERS