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Will Rogers — Portrait after a picture by Melbourne Spurr (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

Will Rogers

American humorist and entertainer

1879–1935

41 quotes, most often on Comedy, Politics and Government.

If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can’t protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don’t need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.
- Government
I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935)
- Government
Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.
- Government
There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I don’t even have to exaggerate.
Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935)
- Government
- Humor
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Daily Telegram #1230, Congress Session, Rogers Says, Is Like Baby Getting A Hammer (4 July 1930)
- Comedy
- Government
Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.
The Will Rogers Book (1972)
- Government
- Money

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