Quotes by Twain, Mark

Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us t >>

Golf is a good walk spoiled. >>

Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn't something credi >>

Quotations about Institutions

An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. >>

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutio >>

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making conc >>

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race -- the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

Twain, Mark