American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, did not say, “The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie,” according to experts familiar with his life and work.
– Mark Twain.”“Perfect description of a liberal Democrat,” reads one comment, while another says, “Yup, people who believe in god is biggest example.”Reuters did not find the quote attributed to Twain in websites dedicated to his work, such as the Mark Twain Project Online (here), the Center for Mark Twain Studies (here) and Twain Quotes (www.twainquotes.com/).
“I can't say that I know of any evidence, in print or manuscript, that Clemens said that,” said Robert H. Hirst, general editor of the Mark Twain Project Online and curator of the Mark Twain Papers (here, here) in an email to Reuters.
“In fact, I have not seen an attribution to Twain dated prior to 2021.”VERDICTFalse.
There is no evidence that American writer Mark Twain said this quote.
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