This is one paragraph from a news article:
Politics is for decision makers and risk takers, not scholars and wimps, and I don’t think he has what it takes – the ethics of a hungry shark married to the confidence of Twain’s “Christian with four aces.”
I'm not sure what the Christian with four aces means. I read some English dictionaries but in vain.
I assume that 'four aces' refer to the aces of diamonds (♦), clubs (♣), hearts (♥) and spades (♠). But I'm not sure why this expression is related to confidence and why it has something to do with any religious faith.
Best Answer
The full quote attribute to Twain is :
The intended meaning is that a Christian is as confident in the correctness of their faith as a poker player holding four aces is confindent of winning.