The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.
Mark TwainIs it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?
Mark TwainThe best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.
Mark TwainNoise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.
Mark Twain