Mark Twain Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and
a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."

by:	Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American author and humorist
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Categories:	Congress, Government, Humor, Politics
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Is a buffoon the same thing as an idiot, because Mark Twain was a buffoon. Failed at every thing he tried except buffoonery. -- Waffler, Smith, Arkansas
Too true! -- E Archer, NYC
Wow!!! -- Ethan, Clinton
What is the old saying about: people getting the politicans they deserve ...maybe the reason we get so many idiots in office, is simply, people electing there own kind... -- His Eminence, Hamilton Ont.
-- warren, olathe
Mark Twain had a true wit. His quotes ring as true today as they did 150 years ago. -- Clay, Madison