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“We have been just going like a house afire, and we couldent see any reason why we shouldent keep right on burning. Our tastes were acquired on credit, and we wanted to keep on enjoying 'em on credit.”

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Book:Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931

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Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931

The book includes a selection of Will Rogers' insightful and humorous writings that reflect the social and political climate of the time, offering a glimpse into the perspectives of a popular American humorist during the Great Depression. more

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Will Rogers was a renowned American actor, humorist, writer, and aviator, born on November 4, 1879, and died on August 15, 1935. He gained widespread acclaim for his unique sense of humor and wisdom, becoming an important figure in American culture during the 20th century. more

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Author:Will Rogers

“Politics are receiving a lot of attention because we have nothing else to interest us. No nation in the history of the world was ever sitting as pretty. If we want anything, all we have to do is go and buy it on credit. So that leaves us without any economic problem whatever, except perhaps some day to have to pay for them. But we are certainly not thinking about that this early.”

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“America already holds the record for freak movements. Now we have a new one. It's called "Restoring Confidence." Rich men who never had a mission in life outside of watching a stock ticker are working day and night "restoring confidence." Writers are working night shifts, speakers' tables are littered up, ministers are preaching statistics, all on "restoring confidence."”

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

“Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to do my bit, so I hereby offer my services to my President, my country and my friends to do anything, outside of serving on a commission, that I can in this great movement. But you will have to give me some idea of where "confidence" is. And just who you want it restored to.”

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Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

“I am telling folks that the Country as a whole is "Sound," and that all those who's heads are solid are bound to get back into the market again. I tell 'em that this Country is bigger than Wall Street, and if they don't believe it, I show 'em the map.”

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Author:Will Rogers

“Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in the hands of Mr. Rockefeller, who will take care of it and see that it has a good home and never be allowed to wander around unprotected again. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war or famine, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.”

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

“Candidates have been telling you that if elected they would 'pull you from this bog hole of financial misery.' Now is a good chance to get even with 'em, by electing 'em, just to prove what a liar they are.”

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Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

“If you got a dollar, soak it away, put it in a savings bank, bury it, do anything but spend it. Spending when we didn't have it put us where we are today. Saving when we've got it will get us back to where we was before we went cuckoo.”

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Author:Will Rogers

“Say, this new home building idea of President Hoover's sounds good. They are working out a lot of beneficial things. The only thing is it took 'em so long to think of any of 'em. We ought to have plans in case of depression, just like we do in case of fire, 'Walk, don't run, to the nearest exit.'”

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Author:Will Rogers

“Wall Street is being investigated, but they are not asleep while it's being done. You see where the Senate took that tax off the sales of stocks, didn't you? Saved 'em $48,000,000. Now, why don't somebody investigate the Senate and see who got to them to get that tax removed? That would be a real investigation.”

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Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933