"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...












Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.
More Mark Twain quotes
"You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand.
"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.
"It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss abou...
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
"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.
"We have the best government that money can buy.
"It was a dreadful thing to see. Humans beings can be awful cruel to one another.
"It don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway.
"Kill the women? No – nobody ever saw anything in the books like that. You fetch them to the cave, and you’re always as polite as pie to them; and by-a...
"Do I know you? I know you clear through. I was born and raised in the South, and I’ve lived in the North; so I know the average all around. The averag...
"That’s just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don’t want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain’t ...