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Will Rogers

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Will Rogers (1879–1935) was an American humorist, actor, and social commentator who became one of the most beloved public figures of the early 20th century. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son," Rogers used his folksy humor and common-sense observations to comment on politics and everyday life in a way that transcended party lines.

“Don't gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.”

— Will Rogers

Finance

All Quotes by Will Rogers

“Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.”

— Will Rogers

Work

“Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.”

— Will Rogers

Funny

“The United States never lost a war or won a conference.”

— Will Rogers

War

“Politics is applesauce.”

— Will Rogers

Politics

“So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”

— Will Rogers

Family

“The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'”

— Will Rogers

Best

“In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.”

— Will Rogers

Time

“On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.”

— Will Rogers

Government

“A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.”

— Will Rogers

Truth

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

— Will Rogers

Government

“An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.”

— Will Rogers

Business

“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”

— Will Rogers

Government

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

— Will Rogers

Politics

“Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.”

— Will Rogers

War

“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”

— Will Rogers

Money

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

— Will Rogers

Politics

“It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.”

— Will Rogers

Government

“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”

— Will Rogers

Equality

“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?”

— Will Rogers

Government

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

— Will Rogers

Government