"Coolidge has the best idea on this..." - Quote by Will Rogers
Coolidge has the best idea on this farm relief. He said, 'Farmers, you are in a hole. I can't help you, but I will get in with you.' He did. That made it fine so the farmers were satisfied as long as Coolidge was going to get in with them.
More by Will Rogers
“We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?”
“The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich.”
“Prosperity this Winter is going to be enjoyed by everybody that is fortunate enough to get into the poor farm.”
More on Farmers
“Farmers have about given up hope of getting farm relief and have decided to fertilize instead.”
“There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.”
“Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.”
More on Government
“Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"”
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
“My golf-loving friend Bob Hope asked me what my handicap was, so I told him - the Congress.”