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As Benjamin Disraeli said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
by neiman 5y ago
As Benjamin Disraeli said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
- oxfeed65261 5y agoPer Wikipedia [0]: “The phrase [lies, damned lies, and statistics] was popularized in the United States by Mark Twain (among others), who vaguely attributed it to the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. However, the phrase is not found in any of Disraeli's works and the earliest known appearances were years after his death. Several other people have been listed as originators of the quote, and it is often attributed to Twain himself.” I had mistakenly believed that Twain originated this remark until I looked it up just now. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_stati...