Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Liberty Quotes, Speech Quotes

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

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

Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge

Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge

One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.

One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it...

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it...

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

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

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on...

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based...

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based...

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of...

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of...

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

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

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

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

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for...

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for...

Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when...

Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when...

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you...

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you...

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to...

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to...

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has....

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has....

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town...

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town...

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.