It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

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...

Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches

Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches

On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the...

On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the...

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

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.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness,...

For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness,...

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

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of...

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of...

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

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

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

Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge

Our investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to knowledge

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...

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...

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...