"It was pitiful for a person born in a wholesome free atmosphere to listen to their humble and hearty outpourings of loyalty toward their king and Chur...












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More Mark Twain quotes
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
"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 w...
"If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.
"Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
"Make money and the whole world will conspire to call you a gentleman.
"The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket ...
"Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
"Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.
"Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
"No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law, and that the...
"Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human pr...
"He pointed to the money, and said:"The love of it is the root of all evil. There it lies, the ancient tempter, newly red with the shame of its latest ...