Will Rogers Political Quotes & Sayings

After graduating college in 2001 with a B. A. in Political Science and Speech Communications from Texas State University - San Marcos, I realized that my generation and those younger had been given no future and had been maliciously robbed of the knowledge of principles and methods necessary for building one. — Kesha Rogers

We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good. — Will Rogers

Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep. — John F. Kennedy

A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform. — Will Rogers

I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat. — Will Rogers

There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability. — Will Rogers

Movement away from defensive destructiveness and towards greater social responsibility is a characteristic of this [actualising] tendency. The political implication of this position is that we do not need to be controlled by authority. We, individually and collectively, not only have the right to self-determination and group determination but, given the necessary conditions, can be trusted to use our power responsibly. — Rose Cameron

I belong to no organized political party; I'm a Democrat — Will Rogers

Just read the farm relief bill. It's just a political version of Einstein's last theory. If a farmer could understand it, he certainly would know more than to farm. He would be a professor at Harvard. — Will Rogers

Society has to get a grip and put a tax on carbon. Of course, there is much that flows from that, and it is a complex situation. The small details of something such as climate change are political and social, and they are a lot about fairness and how we rebalance towards a fairer society. — Richard Rogers

Foreign relations is an open book
generally a checkbook. — Will Rogers

I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in accord with their own political convictions. — Edith Rogers

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. — Will Rogers

It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it. — Will Rogers

Politicians are dumb, but they can count to 50% plus one. — Will Rogers

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. — Will Rogers

Both political parties have their good times and bad times, only they have them at different times. — Will Rogers

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one — Will Rogers

In this modern day and age America's newest slogan is: Mom, apple pie and high-speed Internet. They say you can live two weeks without food, a day or so without water but take someone's smart phone away, and that person won't last five minutes."
- Will Roberts — Will Roberts

Congress didn't vote on the bills, they just wave at them as they go by. — Will Rogers

Architecture is always political. — Richard Rogers

There's no way in the world you're going to make a political party respectable unless you keep it out of office. — 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. — Will Rogers

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. — Will Rogers

I'm much more comfortable in a meritocracy and in reward for good work as opposed to a political environment, where I feel like all of that can be confused. — Desiree Rogers

The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President — Will Rogers

The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it. — Will Rogers

They are each good when they are out, and each bad when they are in. — Will Rogers

while he emphasized that peace is wonderful, Rogers was not altogether starry-eyed in this first week. In fact, he seemed quite the political realist in teaching us that peacemaking will be hard work. It will certainly require the most creative thoughts our moral imagination can muster. Like Daniel Striped Tiger, we will have to move beyond typical options and come up with creative strategies that surprise and shock the warmongers we seek to influence. Peacemaking will also no doubt be time-consuming. It will require us, as it did Lady Aberlin, to take time off from our regular work to create and carry out unique plans we would not normally even consider. And peacemaking will lead us into moments of doubt and uncertainty. Like Lady Aberlin and Mister Rogers, we will find ourselves wondering whether our ideas will really work. — Michael G. Long

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back — Will Rogers

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown. — Will Rogers