Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax in tranquil times; it is a cathartic response to serious problems. But it always wanes because it never seems serious as a solution.


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When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
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One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And...
WILL FERRELL
I just felt that I might to go to university and get some real life. It wasn't stimulating in th...
WILL POULTER
Somehow I got a place at Bristol University. I'm still waiting for the phone call to say that th...
WILL POULTER
My youngest brother and I went on a ten-day canoe trip in Bowron Provincial Park in British Columbia...
WILL HOBBS
I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody a chance to get...
WILL ROGERS
I have no Politics. I am for the Party that is out of Power, no matter which one it is. But I will g...
WILL ROGERS
When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked abo...
WILL ROGERS
Here it is, a New Year. We got to make some resolutions, as well as interest and tax payments in thi...
WILL ROGERS
Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects.
WILL ROGERS
Lord, the money we do spend on Government and its not one bit better than the government we got for ...
WILL ROGERS
There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you ...
WILL ROGERS
We can make this thing into a Party, instead of a Memory.
WILL ROGERS
Youve got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.
WILL ROGERS
I am not a member of any organized partyI am a Democrat.
WILL ROGERS
And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They do...
WILL ROGERS
I originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that Iv...
WILL ROGERS
I never met a man I didn't like.
WILL ROGERS
Joy comes from using your potential.
WILL SCHULTZ
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
WILL DURANT
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds
WILL ROGERS
To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
WILL CARLETON
But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, t...
WILL CARLETON
The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of busi...
WILL CARLETON
Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the ga...
WILL MCDONOUGH
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious...
WILL SMITH