Quotes by Will Rogers

“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?”

“Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far”

“Its a good thing we dont get all the government we pay for”

“We do more talking progress than we do progressing”

“I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him father.”

“Ohio claims they are due a president as they havent had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.”

“Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.”

“The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way its been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.”

“You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions”

“The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.”

“Live that you wouldnt be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”

“Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans”

“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. Thats one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.”

“Politics aint worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space”

“People love high ideals, but they got to be about 33-percent plausible”

“We do not know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it”

“The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody sober enough to stagger to the polls will.”

“Voting is a civic sacrament.”

“Thinking isnt agreeing or disagreeing. Thats voting.”

“Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.”