That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to start a patent office; for I knew that a country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab, and couldn't travel any way but sideways or backways.


A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (ed. Createspace Independent Pub, 1889)

Mark Twain Quotes

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to...

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to...

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to...

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to...