"I tell you folks, if American men are as dumb as some of them have appeared on the witness stand this year, civilization is tottering. Or here is another favorite line: 'I don't remember.'"
"That's why I can never take a Politician seriously. They are always shouting that 'such and such a thing will ruin us, and that this is the eventful year in our Country's life. Say, all the years are the same. Each one has its little temporary setbacks, but they don't mean a thing in the general result."
"We even got into War on a Slogan that was supposed to keep us out. After we got in we were going to 'Make the world safe for Democracy.' And maybe we did-you can't tell, because there is no Nation ever tried Democracy since..."
Sound familiar? Maybe it shouldn't. That was written around the time of Scandal all right...the Teapot Dome scandal. It was written in the 30s by Will Rogers. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
* all quotes from Yagoda, Ben, Will Rogers: A Biography, Knopff, New York, 1993, p. 203 - 204
4 years ago
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