“We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.”

—  Will Rogers

Daily Telegram number 2768, Mr. Rogers Puts Us Down As A Nation of Fleas (19 June 1935)
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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

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