Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Quote by Will Rogers

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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...

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

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

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

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

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...

When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both...

When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both...

I tell you, all politics is apple sauce.

I tell you, all politics is apple sauce.

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

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

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em...

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em...

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his...

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his...

Golf is a wonderful exercise. You can stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody...

Golf is a wonderful exercise. You can stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody...

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit...

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit...

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...

Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

Money, horse racing and women, three things the boys just can't figure out.

Money, horse racing and women, three things the boys just can't figure out.

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of...

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of...

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion,...

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion,...