Maybe. It's beem attributed to a lot of different people, but here we prefer to
say it was Mark Twain. At least, he was much better known than any of the
others at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics
Walt
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From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> > From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
> >
> > "Lies, damned lies, and statistics," I think it was.
> >
> > Ol' Mark Twain again, I believe.
>
> Which I have heard he actually "borrowed" from Benjamin Disraeli.
>
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