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The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain. Government, Order, Political.
Mark Twain quotations - Politics. The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet. - Autobiographical dictation, 30 June 1907. Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 (University of California Press, 2013)
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"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." "Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can." "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who reall...
"Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." "The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog." "God created war so that Americans would learn geography." "It is by the goodness of God that in our count...
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned." "Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge." "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." "In the first place, God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made school boards."
"Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about." "Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it." "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." "You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?...
"The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also." “Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat." “Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." "I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religi...
"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable." "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society." "A lie can travel halfway around the w...
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." "To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble." "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." "A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory." "Kindness is a language which the deaf can...
"In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to b...
Aug 24, 2023 · Mark Twain’s political views were as complex and multifaceted as his literary creations. His evolution from a young humorist to a seasoned advocate for social justice and equality showcases his willingness to challenge the status quo.
The government is not best which secures mere life and property -- there is a more valuable thing -- manhood. - Mark Twain's Notebook. ...nations have no command over their governments, & in fact no influence over them, except of a fleeting & rather ineffectual sort. - Letter to Baroness von Suttner, 17 February 1898.
Feb 14, 2015 · From religion to politics to philosophy, we look at thirty perfect Mark Twain quotes that embody his rapier wit: The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
