Mark Twain Quotes About Corruption

• It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

  Mark Twain

  Class, Criminals, Literature

  Following the Equator ch. 8, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

• I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

  Mark Twain

  Pride, Thinking, World

  Address on the 4th of July, delivered 4 July 1899, London, England

• Demagogue--a vessel containing beer and other liquids.

  Mark Twain

  Drinking, Beer, Politics

  Mark Twain (2016). “What Is Man? And Other Essays”, p.151, Xist Publishing

• The low level which commercial morality has reached in America is deplorable. We have humble God fearing Christian men among us who will stoop to do things for a million dollars that they ought not to be willing to do for less than 2 millions.

  Mark Twain

  Christian, Humble, Men

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.284, Courier Corporation

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