December 7, 2009
Illustration from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884 edition - the King, "Travelling by Rail" - Wikimedia. (The "King" is being tarred, feathered, and "ridden out of town on a rail.")
Well, the king he talked him blind; so at last he give in, and said all right, but said he believed it was blamed foolishness to stay, and that doctor hanging over them.
But the king says: “Cuss the doctor! What do we k’yer for HIM? Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?”
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter XXVI
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Posted by Ed Darrell
August 9, 2008
Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? and ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?
— Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorn Clemens),
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain, Library of Congress image
Spread the word; friends don't allow friends to repeat history.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
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