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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
by padseeker 6y ago
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill
- SummerlyMars 6y agoI was familiar with this quote due to Terry Pratchett, which made me wonder where it originated. It doesn't appear to have been from Churchill[1], so the irony gave me a chuckle. [1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/
- jdkee 6y agoJonathan Swift it appears. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/famous-misquotations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/famous-misquotation...