Will Rogers on Politics (1930)

Will makes it clear why we have our current crop of bad choices. This is so timely he could go speak to the Roman Senate and they would know what he was talkin' about. Here's a quote from an old Roman by the name of Cicero spoken in 55 BC when Rome started to fall. "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."... and I might add taxpayer bailouts.

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[col32rocks]

SO TRUE SO TRUE

[WillRogersNow]

Thanks Tammy. Glad you find it interesting.

[jadimorok]

Sadly, it appears that this is a quote taken from A Pillar of Iron (1965), a fictionalized account of the life of Cicero by Taylor Caldwell. While this does not conclusively mean that he did not say it, or something similar to it, I can not find anything linking the actual Cicero to this statement. (I was rather disappointed by this discovery.) It has become an "Urban legend" that Cicero said this.

[terabyte30]

Rogers was a Democrat, people. He believed that public assistance was helpful: "These people that you’re asked to aid, why they’re not asking for charity, they are naturally asking for a job, but if you can't give ‘em a job why the next best thing you can do is see that they have food and the necessities of life. I don't suppose there’s the most unemployed or the hungriest man in America has contributed in one way to the wealth of every millionaire in America." - Will Rogers, 1931.

[tydodge]

Will Rogers, one of my all time heros bar none. If we had listened to him in the 30's he would'nt make so much sence now.

[ivan1045]

Cicero is extremely underrated, he had some great quotes

[grandplans]

hmmm. . . . I'm going to have to watch some more of these videos over the weekend.