Mark Twain Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't."

by:	Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American author and humorist
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Categories:	Truth, Humor, Government, Congress, Principle, Washington, Honor
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-- Mike, Norwalk
"If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, Or, being lied about , don't deal in lies, Or, being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look to good, nor talk to wise; you'll be a Man, my son !" Rudyard Kipling "If" -- Ronw13, OR 1
I like the distinction! -- E Archer, NYC