"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" (January 1896)

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   From Carroll D. Wright, U. S. Commissioner of Labor, in the NEW YORK TIMES, 25 January 1896, pg. 15:

   Mr. Wright then referred to the dishonest uses sometimes made of statistics, especially for partisan purposes, and quoted the remarks of a recent President of Harvard, who said: "There are three kinds of lies--lies, damned lies, and statistics."