“President Coolidge said, 'I don't want the Government to go into business.' Well, if I was Mr. Coolidge I wouldn't worry over that. The Government never has been accused of being a business man.” IfsMenWantWellsHas BeensSaidGovernmentPresidentBusinessWorryAccusedBusiness Man Author:Will Rogers
“The small town is passing. It was the incubator that hatched all our big men, and that's why we haven't got as many big men today as we used to have. Take every small-town-raised leader out of business and you would have nobody left running it but vice-presidents.” MenBigsRunningTodayUsedLeftPresidentBusinessLeaderHavensTownsRaisedVicesPassingPassingsSmall TownVice PresidentPassing It Author:Will Rogers
“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.” WantGivingI CanIdeasCountryBitsPresidentBusinessMovementOffersMy FriendsGive MeServingUnpatriotic Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929 Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929
“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.'” ThinkingLongIdeasHomeRunningSoundPresidentWalksBusinessCasesFirePlansBuildingOughtWork OutEmsBeneficialExitNew HomeHoover Author:Will Rogers
“Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea oriented. We then hired a head of planning, and he hired two vice presidents, and then he hired a planner; and the books got thicker, and the printing more sophisticated, and the covers got harder, and the drawings got better.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesTwoBookIdeasFormPresidentBusinessHarderVicesDrawingPlanningSophisticatedPrintingVice PresidentPlannersDynamite Author:John Welch