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Re: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics"

Posted by Smokey Stover on January 26, 2006

In Reply to: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics" posted by ginger on January 26, 2006

: Who said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics"?

Benjamin Disraeli said it, and was quoted to good effect by Mark Twain. I say "to good effect" because most people probably attribute it to Twain. It's his kind of remark. SS