[Ads-l] quote of the year candidate
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Dec 22 18:35:08 UTC 2017
> On Dec 22, 2017, at 1:08 PM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM> wrote:
>
> Not a strong candidate, I'm afraid. If anyone be interested, I will contact the person who sent the graphic to me and "try and" find its origin.
>
> George Washington: I cannot tell a lie.
> Richard Nixon: I cannot tell the truth.
> Donald Trump: I cannot tell the difference.
>
> graphic is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATSCC/permalink/1392060604253183/
>
The original (as far as I know) is Mort Sahl’s line, from 1987 (same year Trump’s ghostwritten _Art of the Deal_ came out):
“Washington couldn’t tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn’t tell the difference."
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