Mark Twain Quote

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- by force of circumstances, not argument -- to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.

Stormfield Edition of the Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.].: What is man? and other essays (ed. 1929)

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- ...

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- ...

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- ...

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- ...