"It's almost worth the Great Depression to..." - Quote by Will Rogers

“Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity.”

“The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”

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

“Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.”

“So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to follow evil.”

“A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.”

“You get to know who you really are in a crisis.”

“In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.”

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.”