{"id":459,"date":"2010-10-30T09:30:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/?p=459"},"modified":"2015-08-27T23:07:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T03:07:10","slug":"willrogers-political-quote-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/willrogers-political-quote-nations\/459","title":{"rendered":"Will Rogers says: &#8220;Nations are Like Women&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-460 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wr9.jpg\" alt=\"Will Rogers\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wr9.jpg 300w, https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wr9-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Rogers understands nationalistic pride, which isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing. We should be proud of our country. The problem comes when such pride is bent on the destruction of other countries. Germany under Hitler would be a good example.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nEven today, there are problems. The leader of Iran says that Israel must be wiped off the face of the earth. Are these idle threats, as Iran seeks nuclear capability?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow would you respond if your neighbor told everyone they were going to threaten your &#8220;baby?&#8221; Would you ignore the threat, or prepare an effective response?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Image Information: <\/strong>The image of Rogers is from his 1921 silent film\u00a0<em>Guile of Women<\/em>. Rogers plays a Swede named Yal who travels with a friend to America to seek his fortune. After misfortunes in love and business, his girlfriend finally arrives from Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you have enjoyed this quote from Will Rogers and the accompanying image taken from the\u00a0<a title=\"Will Rogers Daily Quotes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/will-rogers-daily-quotes\/id381332965?mt=8&amp;uo=6&amp;at=10laLs&amp;ct=iosProducts\" target=\"_blank\">Will Rogers<\/a> iPhone app. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fbraswell\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Systems-of-Merritt-Inc\/139423869429884?created\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> page regularly and pass these posts on to friends that might enjoy a bit of wisdom from Will Rogers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/will-rogers-daily-quotes\/id381332965?mt=8&amp;uo=6&amp;at=10laLs&amp;ct=iosProducts\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7006 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/badge_appstore-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Will Rogers\" width=\"116\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogers understands nationalistic pride, which isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing. We should be proud of our country. The problem comes when such pride is bent on the destruction of other countries. Germany under Hitler would be a good example. Even today, there are problems. 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