“It was said by Fisher Ames that “falsehood proceeds from Maine to Georgia, while truth is pulling on his boots.””

— Fisher Ames

Niles' Weekly Register (7 May 1831) 40:163 http://books.google.com/books?id=jhEbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA163&dq=%22falsehood+proceeds+from+Maine+to+Georgia%22
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