"We are the first nation in the..." - Quote by Will Rogers
We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.
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“A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.”
“Samuel Gompers has spent his life trying to keep labor from working too hard and has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.”
“You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.”
More on Economy
“Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy.”
“Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax, and demand a return to traditional proportionate taxation? ... Today in our country the tax collector's share is 37 cents of every dollar earned. Freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp.”
“That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.”
More on Poverty
“To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.”
“When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.”
“Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”