Your line questioning whether the ends justifying the memes -- THAT itself is quote-worthy ;-) -Steve Hoffman Takoma Park MD On 12/27/2016 11:03 PM, AB E wrote: > I saw this meme on Twitter: an image of old Twain with this quote: "When > the rich rob the poor it's called business. When the poor fight back it's > called violence--Mark Twain." > > I retweeted it, but then followed it by saying "Though I'll add there's no > proof he said it." My reasoning for this was that I did not see it on > twainquotes.com, as a verifiable resource. > > The originator of the meme said it was verified, and the source was the > very same twainquotes.com. > > My eyes and search engine fail me. It's not under rich, poor, business, or > violence. So here are my questions: > > 1) Did Twain say it? > 2) Is it on twainquotes? > 3) Am I a poor digital scholar, or does this guy's ends justify his memes? > > We live in an age of opinion and not fact, and there is plenty of Twain to > quote on anti-imperialism, but I dispute the assertion of validity to > support any faction's cause if unverified. It's lazy. > > Just curious. >