Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; …

Mark Twain
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Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side ✨ Mark Twain (1973). What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings, p.96, Univ of California Press
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