Mark Twain

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive read more

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.

I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man read more

I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for read more

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a defendant.

Be good and you will be lonesome

Be good and you will be lonesome

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.