The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Business Quotes, Government Quotes

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...

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country...

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't...

In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't...

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

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

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

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

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

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

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

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

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

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...

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has...

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has...

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there...

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there...

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.

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...

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...

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for...

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for...

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...