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July 26, 2008
Misattributed
Truman wasn't the first to say "The buck stops here."
Everett Dirksen didn't coin "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it begins to add up to real money."
"There’s no such thing as a free lunch” was in use before Milton Friedman made it popular
Nor did Benjamin Franklin’s originate that "Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
Even Tip O’Neill didn't come up with the saying that "All politics is local"
Otto von Bismarck’s comment on how "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." wasn't said by him at all.
How fascinating that such famous maxims have ahistoric origins
Quote . . . Misquote by Fred R. Shapiro.
Posted by OneEyedMan at July 26, 2008 11:51 AM
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