"Whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting over" (Mark Twain?)

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"Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting" is said to be from Mark
Twain. Another source I have insists it's a Texas phrase.
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Does Fred have it?
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_http://www.twainquotes.com/Water.html_
(http://www.twainquotes.com/Water.html)
"Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
- This quote  has been attributed to Mark Twain, but until the attribution
can be verified,  the quote should not be regarded as authentic.
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6 September 1998, New York <i>Times</i>, pg. BR5:
As Egan notes, quoting Mark Twain, "Whisky is for drinking, water is for
fighting over."

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