{"id":4846,"date":"2014-01-30T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4846"},"modified":"2014-01-30T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:39:39","slug":"will-rogers-on-politics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4846","title":{"rendered":"Will Rogers on politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4847\" alt=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/91-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/91-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/91.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">Liberty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"> don\u2019t work near as good in practice as it does in speeches. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">Nobody wants his cause near as bad as he wants to talk about his cause. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">Common sense is not an issue in politics; it\u2019s an affliction. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">If you\u2019re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it\u2019s still there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">If you get to thinking you\u2019re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else\u2019s dog around.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">Last year we said. \u201cThings can\u2019t go on like this,\u201d and they didn\u2019t, they got worse. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">People\u2019s minds are changed through observation and not through argument. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">The business of government is to keep the government out of business \u2013 that is, unless business needs government aid. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\">There\u2019s no trick to being a humourist when you have the whole government working for you. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"><em>(ed. \u2013 This is a repost. 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