This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

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...

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out...

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out...

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

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

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad...

I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad...

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....

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

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...

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 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...

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time...

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time...

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...

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

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...

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their...

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their...

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go...

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go...

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...