A Little Humor
Because democracy works better when we can laugh at ourselves.
“This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.”
- Will Rogers
“Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.”
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
“Positive, adj. Mistaken at the top of one’s voice.”
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
“My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.”
- Jimmy Carter
“Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.”
- Will Rogers
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
- Abraham Lincoln
“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
“I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.”
- Ronald Reagan
“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
- Abraham Lincoln
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
- Will Rogers
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
- Will Rogers
More to come. Know a good one? Send it our way.