The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office

Quote by Will Rogers

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Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

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

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

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

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

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

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

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...

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association...

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association...

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works...

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works...

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...

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you...

If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality