“A Republican moves slowly. They are what we call conservatives. A conservative is a man who has plenty of money and doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't always have plenty of money. A Democrat is a fellow who never had any, but doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't have some.” MenReasonMovingPoliticsRepublicanFellowsDemocratConservativePlentyReason Why Book:The Writings of Will Rogers Source: The Writings of Will Rogers
“I would love to see Mr. (Henry) Ford in there, really. I don't know who started the idea that a President must be a Politician instead of a Business man. A Politician can't run any other kind of business. So there is no reason why he can run the U.S. That's the biggest single business in the World.” KnowsMenWorldKindIdeasReasonRunningPoliticsPresidentPoliticianReason WhyNo ReasonBusiness Man Author:Will Rogers
“There are many reasons why the general public doesn't really understand our monetary system. In the first place, money is something that people tend to get emotional about. After all, money involves, and always has involved, something closely akin to faith-which probably explains why in many past societies the money system has been in the hands of a priesthood, the subject of magical rites, and the ceremonial services of the tribe's medicine man.” PeopleMenFirstsHas BeensReasonWisdomHandsPastPoliticsEconomySubjectsEmotionalInvolvedMedicineReason WhyLiberalismTribesMonetaryPriesthoodRiteGeneral PublicMonetary System Author:Wright Patman
“Just as little can we afford to follow the doctrinaires of an impossible - and incidentally of a highly undesirable - social revolution which, in destroying individual rights - including property rights - and the family, would destroy the two chief agents in the advance of mankind, and the two chief reasons why either the advance or the preservation of mankind is worthwhile.” LittlesTwoReasonPoliticsIndividualSocialEconomyRightsImpossibleMankindRevolutionPropertyIncludingAgentsChiefsReason WhyLiberalismDestroyingWorthwhilePreservationProperty RightsIndividual RightsUndesirableSocial Revolution Book:African and European Addresses Source: African and European Addresses
“There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual impartiality should be confounded with political trimming, or why serviceable truth should keep cloistered be a cause not partisan.” ShouldReasonSeemsTogetherPoliticalPoliticsIntellectualArgumentReason WhyPatriotismNo ReasonPartisansTrimming Author:Herman Melville