Two quotes famously attributed to Abraham Lincoln, well... were never actually said by Lincoln.
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time."
This may be the most famous Lincoln quote not in the Gettysburg address. The problem: there is no historical record that he ever said it. A few folks around the turn of the 20th century said they recalled him saying something like that. It took off from there.
In reference to General U.S. Grant's drinking:
"If I knew what brand he used, I'd send every general a barrel."
Very entertaining but also not Lincoln's words.
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