You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.

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About Will Rogers

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William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorist. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, now part of Oklahoma, and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he...

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Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

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Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

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You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.

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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

—Ambrose Bierce

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In the conflict between Israelis and Arabs you have wounded civilizations — the Arabs have been wounded in their dealings with the West, and an insecure Jewish people have gone through terrible disasters and traumas. There is no end to the Jewish quest for security, and there is no end for the Arab quest for redress and dignity. It is very difficult to reconcile the two.

—Itamar Rabinovich

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.