If you're feeling down, reading a Mark Twain short story is a great way to escape and feel instantly more clever. But, if you're pressed for time, here are some of Twain's best quotes on politics ...

best known as Mark Twain.” While 44-year-old Hart has said over the years that he doesn’t “speak on politics,” the topic appeared to be on the minds of some of the night’s presenters.

Samuel Clemens, who was known as Mark Twain, was born in Missouri in 1835 ... For example, popular political topics such as the current president's agenda, the environment or school prayer ...

Now? We have a long history to overcome. Mark Twain, a 29-year-old San Francisco-based opinion columnist for a Nevada newspaper in 1865, was spewing venom, saying of the police, “Wax figures ...

Twain, a huge admirer of Browning, made a habit of reading his poems aloud. Page 68 shows the kind of markings and cues Twain wrote to himself to guide his public readings. For instance, he ...

The annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony ... “That’s his greatest crime, that he’s hurt political comedy by being so outlandish himself,” O’Brien, 61, said.