Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

Never miss a chance to shut up

Never miss a chance to shut up

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time...

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time...

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't...

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't...

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with...

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with...

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the...

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

If you live right, death is a joke to you as far as fear is...

If you live right, death is a joke to you as far as fear is...

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

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...

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.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out...

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out...

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new...

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new...

I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only...

I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only...