I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will RogersRead
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
Interpretation
The quote humorously highlights the absurdities of legal protections in the U.S. Constitution.
Will Rogers' quote reflects a comedic take on the nature of constitutional protections, suggesting that they apply to various groups regardless of their societal standing or behavior, such as foreigners, intoxicated individuals, and even those in positions of power like U.S. Senators. This ironic statement encourages reflection on the absurdities of politics and the law, as well as the universality of human flaws.
In practice
During a political debate to illustrate the inconsistencies of legal protections.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
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The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
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Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.
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If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander.
The highly motivated people in society are the ones causing all the trouble. It's not the lazy unmotivated folks sitting in front of a TV eating potato chips who bother anyone.
I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.
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