It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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...

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.

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

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

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.

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...

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?

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

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

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got...

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got...

The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the...

The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the...

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if...

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if...

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

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

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.