"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." — Mark Twain
Do you have a reference for that quote? I have a shelf full of Mark Twain books that I've never taken the time to read. I might just read the one you quoted first.
Nah, he doesn't have a reference for that quote. He just pulled it off a website somewhere It's part of the final paragraph of Chapter 9 in The Mysterious Stranger. It's part of a lengthy commentary on the human race. The commentator is Satan.
I re-quoted Antonia Zerbisias who used that quote in an article in yesterdays "Toronto Star". you might write him for the source. It may not come from one of his books...
