Mark Twain Quote

"[N]o country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law and that the law officers are only the machinery for its execution, nothing more."

by:	Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American author and humorist
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Categories:	Government, Law, Police, Responsibility
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-- herb, houston
-- watchman 13, USA
-- Mary - MI
"Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft". This quote from Mark Twain was a description of public servants.  -- jim k, Austin, Tx
These are the fundamentals of a republican form of government. In fact, the county Sheriff represents the highest local authority -- we are not to be obeying dictates from the governor, the president, or Congress for that matter.  -- E Archer, NYC
- just a simple note, those today that dawn a badge are not law officers but rather, anti-law agents of despotism and tyranny -  -- Mike, Norwalk
Mr Twain, in analysis of his of analysation of country and government. I would have to surmise he is a complicated fellow, and maybe even a little confused.  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown

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