If Voting Made Any Difference, It Would be Illegal: Mark Twain

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A number of complaints circulated during the election time period among the residents of every country that their votes don’t have value in making any difference. Because the victorious power will run affairs as they find their feasibility, unconcerned to any kind of output by their citizens. Most of the similar quotes often described incorrectly to the American Humorist Mark Twain regarding the variation in the ballot box. Mark Twain had been considered a famous author due to his work, especially for the “Adventures of Tom Sawyer”. He has been connected by a number of website due to his aphorism. But, any of those websites were able to provide any explanation or documentation that where and when Mark Twain proclaimed or mentioned these words.

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It is important that the published quote was not found among his professional letters, recorded speech or writings. Point to be noted that statement of the quote was changed from source to source. For example, “If voting made any difference it would never be allowed”, “If voting made any difference, it would be illegal” and “Their votes don’t have value in making difference”. The statement doesn’t have a fix and accurate origin. Moreover, Mark Twain should not be considered the only person attached to this thought. The Russian writer Emma Goldman and the American peace activist Phillip Berrigan also generated this kind of expression, but there is not any kind of evidence that they delivered or wrote these words.