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)

Mark Twain Quotes

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 -- ...