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I always thought that "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." quote attribu

I always thought that "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." quote attributed to Richelieu was hyperbole (and so not likely to be an actual quote). I'm no longer sure about either of those assumptions.

efa 7y ago
That reminds me of the Richard Nixon (or LBJ) recordings. There was literally years of conversation captured. It would be pretty easy to piece together some damaging utterances with years or recordings.