“Coolidge made less speeches and got more votes than any man that ever run. (William Jennings) Bryan was listened to and cheered by more people than any single human in politics, and he lost. So there is a doubt just whether talking does you good or harm.” PeopleMenHumansDoeMadeRunningPoliticsLostTalkingDoubtSpeechVoteHarmBryan Author:Will Rogers
“Well, another senator rose and said {as they always do} 'Does the gentleman yield?' They always say that - least they call each other 'gentleman' in there. But the tone they put on the word, it would sound more appropriate if they came right out and said 'Would the coyote from Maine yield?' 'cause that's about the way it sounds. Well, then, the other senator says 'I yield' (for if he don't the other guy'll keep on talking anyhow). So the coyote from Maine says 'I yield to...the polecat from Oregon!'” IfsWayWellsDoeSaidPoliticalGuyPoliticsCausesSoundTalkingRoseGentlemanToneAppropriateYieldSenatorsOther GuysMaineOregonCoyotes Author:Will Rogers
“I'm a secret nonmember of the establishment. This isn't a grubby kind of revolution I'm talking about. This isn't Che Guevara stuff. I don't want to live on berries in the woods - I don't think anybody does.” ThinkingWantKindDoeWisdomPoliticsStuffSecretTalkingEconomyRevolutionWoodsLiberalismEstablishmentBerries Author:Louis O. Kelso
“Big money tries to purchase its own agenda. Money does too much talking in Washington. Every senator, every representative, even the president awakens each morning with a number in his head that will drive the whole day. The number is the amount of money that must [be] raised that day for his reelection. If he fails, the next day's number will be even higher.” IfsTryingDoeWholeBigsGovernmentNextPoliticsPresidentNumbersTalkingMorningToo MuchFailingAmountHigherRaisedAgendasRepresentativesSenatorsNext DayReelection Author:Patricia Schroeder
“See the Congress' track record. It has taken the nation backwards. They keep talking about Rights. The Nation is tired of your Acts, the Nation needs action.” NeedsActionPoliticsNationsTalkingTakenRecordsRightsIndiaTiredCongressTrackBackwardsTrack RecordKeep Talking Author:Narendra Modi