Mark Twain Quote

Quote from Mark Twain,

"For in a Republic, who is "the country?"
Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle?
Why, the Government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant;
it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong,
and decide who is a patriot and who isn't.
Its function is to obey orders, not originate them."

By:	Mark Twain (more quotes by Mark Twain or books by/about Mark Twain)
	[Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American author and humorist
Categories:	America, Authority, Congress, Executive Orders, Freedom, Government, Independence, Power, Republic, Sovereignty, Subservience
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