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

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Liberty Quotes, Speech Quotes

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

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...

Lord, let me live until I die.

Lord, let me live until I die.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on...

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on...

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for...

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for...

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country...

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country...

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be...

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

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...

Staring at a dead body in a movie to see if you can catch them...

Staring at a dead body in a movie to see if you can catch them...

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.