The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.
— Will Rogers, Illiterate Digest (1924), “Helping the Girls with their Income Taxes”
Elections are a good deal like marriages, there’s no accounting for anyone’s taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it’s the same with Public Officials.
— Will Rogers
It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for.
— Will Rogers
The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing — and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
I don’t make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
We don’t seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when congress is in session as when a baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
