[Ads-l] fake Lincoln quote

[Jonathan Lighter]

No, no. The correct quote is,

"The enemy of my friend's enemy is neither the enemy of my friend nor the
friend of my friend's enemy - but he may be either the friend or the enemy
of my own enemy."

JL

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > A friend is someone who has the same enemies you have.
>
> Somehow, that seems to ring a bell. Wasn't "The enemy of my enemy is my
> friend" what Lincoln, in fact, said? ;-)
>
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > MSNBC reports that the President of the United States recently Tweeted
> that
> > "A friend is someone who has the same enemies you have. Abraham Lincoln."
> >
> > The attribution appears to be entirely bogus, though widely credited on
> the
> > 'Net.
> >
> > JL
> >
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