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Mark Twain

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Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
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This quote, in both this and a slightly different form, is also attributed to Robert Benchley.

 
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Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

 
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“What of this God whom we command, to bless our colourded flag and land, so busy drawing lines in sand that we don’t think and understand.”

 
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