1,171 Quotes by Will Rogers

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    We cuss Congress, and we joke about ’em, but they are all good fellows at heart, and if they wasn’t in Congress, why, they would be doing something else against us that might be even worse.

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    The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.

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    There’s a simple solution to our traffic problems. We’ll have business build the roads, and government build the cars.

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    It will take America fifteen years of steady taking care of our own business and letting everybody else’s alone, to get us back to where everybody speaks to us again.

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    Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

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    It’s no laughing matter being a Republican in these perilous times. Anyone can be a Republican when the stock market is up, but when stocks are selling for no more than they’re worth, I tell you, being a Republican – it’s a sacrifice.

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    Democrats never agree on anything, that’s why they’re Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

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    One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody’s land to somebody else.

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    When you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you’ve got to have been looking for it.

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