Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Freedom Quotes

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

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

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

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

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.

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

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

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...

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

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...

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there...

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there...

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

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

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to...

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to...

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...

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if...

Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if...

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...