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Born: November 4, 1879 - Oologah, Indian Territory [now in Oklahoma]
Died: August 15, 1935 - Near Point Barrow, Alaska
| Excerpt from The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition |
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 verybody is ignorant. Only on different subjects.'
`This country is not where it is today on account of any one man. It is here on account of the real common sense of the Big Normal Majority.'
`I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.'
`People talk peace. But men give their life's work to war. It won't stop 'til there is as much brains and scientific study put to aid peace as there is to promote war.'
`Take diplomacy out of a war and the thing would fall flat in a week.'
`As bad as we sometimes think our government is run, it is the best run I ever saw.'
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Teaching Topics in Social Studies
Will Rogers was extremely popular during the ROARING 20s and throughout the DEPRESSION years of the 1930s. He helped lift the country's
mood with his anecdotes about PUBLIC POLICY. Among the policies he disagreed with was PROHIBITION. In his travels abroad, Rogers became interested in AVIATION, and helped promote the need for superior aviation in the U.S. military. Will Rogers eventually became known in the United States as an INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL AMBASSADOR.
Teaching Topics in Language Arts
The Cowboy Philosopher on
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| How many of Will and Betty Rogers' eight children survived to adulthood?
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Prohibition" is a COLLECTION
of APHORISIMS drawn from Will Rogers' MONOLOGUES
in the Zeigfield Follies. He captured his AUDIENCE's attention with a humorous TONE and western DIALECT. Will Rogers' work may be considered TIMELESS as it is often QUOTED to ILLUSTRATE and DEFEND other points.
| Facts About Will Rogers and The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition |
- Will Rogers was born on a large ranch in the Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma)
- He dropped out of 10th grade to become a cowboy in a cattle drive
- He was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for successfully throwing three lassos at once
- Will Rogers stared in 71 movies and wrote 6 books
- He served as mayor of Beverly Hills and as a U.S. Representative
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