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.

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.