[Pretending is indeed the Washington game. Pretend independence, for instance. Recall House Speaker Sam Rayburn's attributed standard greeting to new Democrat members of Congress, per:] Remember, to get along, go along. ... There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.


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Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
WILL ROGERS
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live o...
WILL ROGERS
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
WILL ROGERS
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
WILL ROGERS
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
WILL ROGERS
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
WILL ROGERS
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
WILL ROGERS
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
WILL ROGERS
Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans
WILL ROGERS
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we neve...
WILL ROGERS
Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
WILL ROGERS
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
WILL ROGERS
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a Hous...
WILL ROGERS
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, a...
WILL ROGERS
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplo...
WILL ROGERS
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper t...
WILL ROGERS
I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat.
WILL ROGERS
Parades should be classed as a nuisance and participants should be subject to a term in prison.
WILL ROGERS
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
WILL ROGERS
Noah must have taken into the Ark two taxes, one male and one female. And did they multiply bountifu...
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