William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s.
In light of the approaching November 2nd elections I thought it would be appropriate to share with you some of his political wisdom. These words were uttered many years ago, but they seem so fitting today:
A fool and his money are soon elected.
Ancient Rome
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.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
Liberty
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.
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks andU.S.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
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?"
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
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.
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
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?"
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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