Samuel L. Clemens - "Mark Twain"

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a humorist, lecturer and writer.   Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain e grew up in the South but was opposed to slavery.  He also wrote essays opposing American imperialism in the Spanish-American War.

 

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

 

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."

 

"Our Civil War was a blot on our history, but not as great a blot as the buying and selling of Negro souls."

 

"I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."

 

"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable."

 

"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."

 

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

 

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

 

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

 

"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination."

 

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

 

"When in doubt, tell the truth."

 

"Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest."

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