Quotes by Twain, Mark

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. >>

If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes. >>

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect wo >>

Quotations about Politicians and Politics

When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, an >>

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the at >>

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when o >>

When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it? Shall you say, the best good of the country demands allegiance to party? Shall you also say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides?

Twain, Mark