“Just be glad you're not getting all the government you're paying for” — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The "Ways & Means Committee" is a committee that's supposed to find the Ways to divide up the Means. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Those tax-exempt bonds were put in so that a town or a state or a government could sell more bonds than it… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We all joke about Congress but we can't improve on them. Have you noticed that no matter who we elect, he is… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There is something about a Republican that you can only stand him just so long; and on the other hand, there is… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Funny thing about being a U.S. senator, the only thing the law says you have to be is 30 years old. Not… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A Republican moves slowly. They are what we call conservatives. A conservative is a man who has plenty of money and doesn't… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
You know Lincoln's famous remark about "God must have loved the common people, because he made so many of them?" Well, you… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I do honestly believe the Republicans have reformed and want to do better. But whether they have done it in time to… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It looks like the financial giants of the world have bungled as much as the diplomats and politicians. This would be a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We cuss Congress, and we joke about 'em, but they are all good fellows at heart, and if they wasn't in Congress,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A president just can't make much showing against congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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 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
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Democrat is a cannibal, they live off each other, while the… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There is only one redeeming thing about this whole election. It will be over at sundown, and let everybody pray that it's… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Course, that's the trouble with politics, it breeds politics! So that makes it pretty hard to stamp out. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
And, when the votes are counted, let everybody, including the candidates, get into a good humor as quick as they got into… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately.… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A debt is just as hard for a Government to pay as it is for an individual. No debt ever comes due… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. — 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
