Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3 Quotes

“It is an office for which Mr. Taft has conspicuous qualifications. But best of all, his nomination means the end of Roosevelt and Rooseveltism. It means the end of personal government, of autocratic régime, of militarism, of jingoism, of roughriderism, of administration by shouting and clamor, tumult and denunciation. It means the end of the Roosevelt reign of terror and the restoration of the Presidency to its historical dignity under the Constitution. Even Andrew Johnson, in his periods of sobriety, had more innate respect for the office itself, for its traditions and for appearances than Mr. Roosevelt has shown. Never before was there such a lawless President. Never before was the Presidency so deliberately lowered to gratify a love for studied and sensational theatricalism.”
― Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Mark Twain Papers Book 12)

“This is the simple truth. It sounds like a libel upon the intelligence of the human race, but it isn’t; there isn’t any way to libel the intelligence of the human race.”
― Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Mark Twain Papers Book 12)