Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Quote by Will Rogers

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So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn...

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn...

Youve got to go out on a limb sometimes, because thats where the fruit is.

Youve got to go out on a limb sometimes, because thats where the fruit is.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for...

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for...

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...

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to...

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to...

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has....

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has....

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any...

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap...

We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap...

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

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...

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough...

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough...