Quote by Mark Twain
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no d

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

Other quotes by Mark Twain

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. – Mark Twain

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respect
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If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people. – Mark Twain

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Ordinary
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. – Mark Twain

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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. – Thomas Jefferson

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To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places. – Wendell Phillips, Orations, Speeches, Lectures and Letters

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Government

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. – Woodrow Wilson

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And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. – Rafik Hariri

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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we. – Author unknown, as quoted in Mimi Guarneri, The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Rev

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If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obamas leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff. – Chris Christie

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Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God. – Ernest Holmes

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