Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based...

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based...

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know...

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know...

People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that...

People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that...

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...

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except...

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except...

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

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

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...

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

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...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put...

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put...

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!

As bad as we sometimes think our government is run, it is the best run...

As bad as we sometimes think our government is run, it is the best run...

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

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

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 business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is,...

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is,...

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

Business is the salt of life

Business is the salt of life

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...