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Meaning
The quote uses humor to suggest that having two legislative chambers could create more political trouble than having one. It compares a historic decline to a modern system of government and implies skepticism about how effective it will be. The line is framed as a sharp political joke rather than a literal prediction.
When It Was Said
1986
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
As quoted in Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics as If Freedom Mattered (1986) by John Galt, p. 235.
Source
As quoted in Dreams Come Due : Government and Economics as If Freedom Mattered (1986) by John Galt, p. 235
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Listed with a cited source on Wikiquote.
Did You Know?
It is cited on Wikiquote as appearing in Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics as If Freedom Mattered (1986) by John Galt, p. 235.
About Will Rogers
Cherokee-American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorist
Will Rogers was a Cherokee-American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorist. Born in the Cherokee Nation in what was then the Indian Territory, he became known as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son” and was a major American entertainer in the early twentieth century. He traveled around the world three times, made 71 films, and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, he was widely admired in the United States for his political wit and counted among Hollywood’s better-paid film stars. He died in 1935 when a small airplane carrying him and aviator Wiley Post crashed on takeoff near Barrow, Alaska.
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