"Strip the human race, absolutely naked, and..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Strip the human race, absolutely naked, and it would be a real democracy. But the introduction of even a rag of tiger skin, or a cowtail, could make a badge of distinction and be the beginning of a monarchy.
More by Mark Twain
“I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, 'Susy was peacefully released today.' It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.”
“There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.”
“Whatever a man's age, he can reduce it several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his button-hole.”
More on Society
“What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?”
“It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.”
“Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.”