"I have always claimed Americans didn't want..." - Quote by Will Rogers
I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen to want one.
More by Will Rogers
“This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.”
“Ammunition beats persuasion when you are looking for freedom.”
“All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.”
More on Freedom
“Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty.”
“Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.”
“Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want.”
More on Rights
“Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.”
“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.”
“The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.”