“Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.”

— Will Rogers

"Politics Getting Ready to Jell" 
The Illiterate Digest (1924)

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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

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