Quotes from Will Rogers

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.

The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more.

Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.

Democrats always were a cheap lot. They never had much money to operate on.... They would rather make a speech than a dollar. They cultivate their voice instead of their finances.

... while the Republicans are smart enough to make money, the Democrats are smart enough to get in office every two or three times a century and take it away from 'em.

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out

Samuel Gompers has spent his life trying to keep labor from working too hard and has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.

We will never get anywhere with our finances till we pass a law saying...every time we appropriate something, we...pass another bill...stating where the money is coming from.

The bankers just got a good cussing by everybody for loaning too much money. Well, they got some awful nice buildings. So when a banker fails, he fails in splendor.

You can take any line of business and skill and the ones who do it the best are the ones who get the most money for it.

Out here I had been putting what little money I had in Ocean Frontage, for the sole reason that there was only so much of it and no more, and that they wasent making any more.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.

To make money buy some good stock hold it until it goes up and then sell it. If it doesn't go up don't buy it.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

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

I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.

If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans