"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."
-Will Rogers
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"Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.“
-Will Rogers
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"The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living."
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"Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have."
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"The United States never lost a war or won a conference."
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"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
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"Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week."
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