“I am a peace man. I haven't got any use for wars and there is no more humor in 'em than there is reason for 'em.”

—  Will Rogers

Daily Telegram (4 December 1931), as quoted in Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams (1979), p. 104; also in Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (1995) edited by Bryan B. Sterling and ‎Frances N. Sterling, p. 304
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