I’ve read quite a lot of Twain over the years, but I can’t remember seeing that quotation. Can you give me a citation that I can verify, or is it just the usual Internet BS that someone made up and attributed to Twain?
Also, Mark Twain would never have spelled “idiocy” with a t, but I’m willing to let that go as a typo.
Your comment made me wonder; what if we could time travel and put Twain and Trump in a room together; wonder what would happen? :)
I remembered a quote that said much the same thing but was simpler and did a search. I could not find it but this one was credited to him in the WSJ. I do try to vett quotes I post. I hope this one is geniune.