Mark Twain Office Quotations

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to... its office holders.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab, and can't travel any way but sideways and backways.

The new political gospel: public office is private graft.