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 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,...

Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough...

Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough...

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with...

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with...

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in...

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in...

Money, horse racing and women, three things the boys just can't figure out.

Money, horse racing and women, three things the boys just can't figure out.

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...

I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't...

I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't...

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.

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...

Lord, let me live until I die.

Lord, let me live until I die.

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look...

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look...

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

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...

I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.

I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back...

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back...

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season...

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought...

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought...