You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

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...

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't...

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't...

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can...

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can...

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.

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

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

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...

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

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

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

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

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

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's...

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's...

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

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

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

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...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

Want is the mistress of invention

Want is the mistress of invention

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and...

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and...