Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work

Quote by Will Rogers

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

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

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

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

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

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

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

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

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

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

I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give...

I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give...

Politics is applesauce.

Politics is applesauce.

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...

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.

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they...

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they...

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...

So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip

So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

Things ain't what they used to be and never were.

Things ain't what they used to be and never were.

Let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help get them...

Let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help get them...

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a...

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a...