Some Things Never Change…
“Lord, the money we do spend on government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money 20 years ago.”
“Things in our country run in spite of government — not by aid of it.”
“With Congress, every time they make a joke it’s a law. And every time they make a law, it’s a joke.”
“If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.”
“There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”
— Will Rogers
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What was the Don referring to when he said:
“How did things get this far?”
(a) When the water deal was passed.
(b) When his boy, Sonny, was gunned down at
Long Island toll booth; or
(c) When he learned the legislature’s budget
is approaching $250 million.
Comment by Don Corleone — 11.12.2009 @ 10:28 pm