The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time. Franklin Pierce Adams More Quotes by Franklin Pierce Adams More Quotes From Franklin Pierce Adams Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. Franklin Pierce Adams nothing memory good good-old-days Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Franklin Pierce Adams women vote men people Too much truth is uncouth. Franklin Pierce Adams too truth-is too-much truth We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations. Franklin Pierce Adams nothing everything peace history Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute. Franklin Pierce Adams minute only you imagination Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net. Franklin Pierce Adams old you age golf Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. Franklin Pierce Adams best you health fitness time I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. Franklin Pierce Adams looking great information way The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. Franklin Pierce Adams true nothing women men There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important. Franklin Pierce Adams day man age life There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. Franklin Pierce Adams good cost trouble country Christmas is over and Business is Business. Franklin Pierce Adams over christmas business What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel. Franklin Pierce Adams nickel good country needs Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net. Franklin Pierce Adams dead you age golf You do not know what you can miss before you try. Franklin Pierce Adams miss try know you