“Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.”

— Mort Sahl

1987
Politics
Source: Quotations Collected by Donald Gudehus: Mort Sahl http://www.chara.gsu.edu/~gudehus/Quotations/quotations_rst.html

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American comedian and actor 1927–2021

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