If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest...

Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest...

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

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

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that...

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that...

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...

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 taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except...

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except...

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...

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places...

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places...

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do...

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

Politics is applesauce.

Politics is applesauce.

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...

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other,...

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other,...

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

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

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

It's a fine motion picture up to the point where God finishes and the script...

It's a fine motion picture up to the point where God finishes and the script...

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in...

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in...

In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a...

In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a...

I was not beautiful. When I went to Hollywood the beauties were people like Joan...

I was not beautiful. When I went to Hollywood the beauties were people like Joan...