"Things in our country run in spite..." - Quote by Will Rogers

“There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.”

“The US is safest when Congress is in recess.”

“Ammunition beats persuasion when you are looking for freedom.”

“Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it and to avoid placing onerous burdens upon the mass of our people.”

“From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation.”

“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”

“Keep out of Chancery. It's being ground to bits in a slow mill; it's being roasted at a slow fire; it's being stung to death by single bees; it's being drowned by drops; it's going mad by grains.”

“All one has to do to get one's stuff in the Congressional Record is to find a stenographer that can stay awake long enough to take it down. Then you mark in the 'Applause' and 'Laughter' parts yourself.”

“This thing about getting rid of a man in the Cabinet is all right, but there is one bad feature to it that few people realize. That is, that unfortunately every one of them is replaced by someone else. If it wasn't for that, this resignation business would be great.”