It was both of them: the quote was (or so I have read) attributed to
Disraeli in Mark Twain's _Autobiography_.
Steve Schaffner
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> It was Benjamin Disraeli. I personally prefer "statistics are like a
> bikini - they show you everything except what you really want to see"
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> Foxy
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> >Could be Disraeli, but I always thought it was Mark Twain. "Lies, damn
> lies
> >and statistics"
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