Political Quotes by Will Rogers

I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.

— Will Rogers

Politicians are dumb, but they can count to 50% plus one.

— Will Rogers

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

— Will Rogers

Foreign relations is an open book-- generally a checkbook.

— Will Rogers

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.

— Will Rogers

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

— Will Rogers

Many a politician wishes there was a law to burn old records.

— Will Rogers

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

— Will Rogers

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste.

— Will Rogers

There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.

— Will Rogers

The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.

— Will Rogers

There's no way in the world you're going to make a political party respectable unless you keep it out of office.

— Will Rogers

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back

— Will Rogers

A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform.

— Will Rogers

We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good.

— Will Rogers

Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.

— Will Rogers

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Democrat is a cannibal, they live off each other, while the…

— Will Rogers

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

It would drive a person crazy to dope out really what does divide the two parties. Prosperity don't divide the two parties,…

— Will Rogers

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. I'm not a member of any organized political party,…

— Will Rogers

... while the Republicans are smart enough to make money, the Democrats are smart enough to get in office every two or…

— Will Rogers

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as…

— Will Rogers

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say…

— Will Rogers

Well, another senator rose and said {as they always do} 'Does the gentleman yield?' They always say that - least they call…

— Will Rogers

The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President

— Will Rogers

They are each good when they are out, and each bad when they are in.

— Will Rogers

Be a politician; no training necessary.

— Will Rogers

It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it.

— Will Rogers

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than…

— Will Rogers

Both political parties have their good times and bad times, only they have them at different times.

— Will Rogers

In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.

— Will Rogers

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

— Will Rogers

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.

— Will Rogers

In Europe public men do resign. But here it's a lost art. You have to impeach 'em.

— Will Rogers

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one

— Will Rogers

The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.

— Will Rogers