First: it does not ring true, for me; does not sound like MT.  Second:
like Terry, I would also file that one under:  fake quotes attributed to a
famous, well-liked guy who might have said something vaguely similar to it,
at some point.

Actually, it occurs to me that Barb should include a page on her site of
"psuedo-quotes," or fake quotes or whatever we decide to call them -- I bet
we could generate quite a list of fake MT quotes!.

ps:  I did the great powerpoint years ago that began and ended with a
wonderful quote from Thoreau's journal that I had discovered and found
deeply relevant for the lecture.  Guy comes up at the end -- "you might
like to know this, but I doubt that quote is from HDT."  Turned out, after
a little research, he was right -- and yet that quote is attributed to
Thoreau, and quoted widely, according to scores of examples in Google
Books.  I hated doing it, but I changed the powerpoint ....

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Mike Pearson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> =0A=
> =0A=
> Hi=2C Everyone=2C
> Yay=2C or nay?  on this Mark Twain quote? =20
>
>  Someone who likes Mark Twain
> is circulating the quote (shown below)=20
> on a graphic poster on Facebook. =20
>       (When a quotation is part of a graphic poster=2C=20
>  a text search of the web...won't notice how often it appears.)
>
> If Mark Twain said the quote below=2C where did he say it?
> Here's the quote:
> "If voting made any difference=2C they wouldn't let us do it."
>
> I imagine some innocent persons thinking=2C=20
> "Oh no! If Mark Twain says our country's good faith system
>                                           is already gone=2C it must be
> tru=
> e!"
>
> Others may think=2C "Mark Twain -- what a maroon!"
>  I felt that statement is too hard-line.   =20
>  It's one thing to say Congress=20
> and school boards are criminals and idiots=2C which=2C I know=2C he did
> say=
> =2C
> in good humor(?)  It's another thing -- more hardline -- to discourage
> people from voting.
> But=2C did he say it?
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Pearson
> Ellensburg=2C Wash.=20
>
>         =
>



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