A country can get more real joy out of just hollering for their freedom than they can if they get it. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined or hard to check as a socially ambitious mother. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Banking and after-dinner speaking are two of the most nonessential industries we have in this country. I am ready to reform, if… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If this depression stays with us, the loser Tuesday is going to be the winner. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If you live right, death is a joke to you as far as fear is concerned. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It's getting so if a man wants to stand well socially, he can't afford to be seen with either the Democrats or… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If a man ain't nothin' else, then he's an artist. It's the only thing he can claim to be that nobody can… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Just read the farm relief bill. It's just a political version of Einstein's last theory. If a farmer could understand it, he… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Andrew Jackson was the first one to think up the idea to promise everybody that if they will vote for you, you… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If a bank fails in China, they behead the men at the top of it that was responsible... If we beheaded all… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else, but when it happens to you, why it seems to… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It sure did kick up some excitement in the Senate when one Senator called the other Senators 'sons of Wild jackasses.' Well,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Candidates have been telling you that if elected they would 'pull you from this bog hole of financial misery.' Now is a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
And if you call one a real estate agent and he won't sell you anything. He is a REALATOR. It's the same… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Here's another way of putting it. Roosevelt wants recovery to start at the bottom. In other words, by a system of high… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The minute you read something and you can't understand it, you can be sure it was written by a lawyer. Then, if… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Politics are receiving a lot of attention because we have nothing else to interest us. No nation in the history of the… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Land taxes is the thing. They got so high that there is no chance to make anything. Not only land but all… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Borrowing money on what's called 'easy terms,' is a one-way ticket to the Poor House. If you think it ain't a Sucker… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
See where Congress passed a two billion dollar bill to relieve bankers' mistakes. You can always count on us helping those who… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If you have a radio, the next three months is a good time to have it quit working. All you will hear… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Politics pretty quiet over the week-end. Democrats are attacking and the Republicans are defending. All the Democrats have to do is promise… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If I could kick the person in the tail that causes me the most problems I could not sit down for a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
They used to take your horse and if they were caught they got hung for it. Now they take your car, and… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If all the time consumed in attending dinners and luncheons was consumed in some work, the production of this country would be… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but even now if nobody is around we use our fingers. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If you want to know how a man stands, go among the people who are in his same business. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course. — Will Rogers Copy Share
The Democrats and the Republicans are equally corrupt where money is concerned. It's only in the amount where the Republicans excel. — Will Rogers Copy Share
Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week. — Will Rogers Copy Share
American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off. — Will Rogers Copy Share
There are two things I don't care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist's testimony, and the other is… — Will Rogers Copy Share
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. — Will Rogers Copy Share
I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack… — Will Rogers Copy Share
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators. — Will Rogers Copy Share
Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of… — Will Rogers Copy Share