You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

Quote by Will Rogers

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The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's...

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's...

We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap...

We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap...

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only...

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only...

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn...

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn...

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till...

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till...

Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie until you can find a rock.

Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie until you can find a rock.

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

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

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

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

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...

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is,...

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is,...

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put...

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put...

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

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

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

The basis of my politics lies in the proposition that the Untouchables are not a...

The basis of my politics lies in the proposition that the Untouchables are not a...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...