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Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool all of the people some of the time; you can fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." The quote is found in the book written by Alexander McClure (1828-1909) entitled "Lincoln's Own Yarns and Stories in 1901. McClure was appointed an Assistant Adjutant General by Lincoln, and campaigned for his election. He was a personal friend of Lincolns.

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a person named P.T. Barnum of Barnum and Bailey's Circus it was not Lincoln

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How do we know? Barnum was after Lincoln. And by the way, Barnum was long famous for his New York museum of oddities before he joined with W.C. Coup and Dan Castello of Delavan, Wis., to form the P. T. Barnum Circus in 1871,  before he joined VA's Bailey.

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"You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time."

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Who said you can fool some of the people some of the time all of the people all the time but you cant fool mom?

Anonymous, deriving it from a phrase attributed to Abraham Lincoln: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." Note that "you can fool some of the people some of the time, all of the people all the time" does not make logical sense.


What is the origin of the quote - You may fool all the people some of the time?

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Who said you can fool some of the people some of the time all of the people all the time but you cant fool mom?

Anonymous, deriving it from a phrase attributed to Abraham Lincoln: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." Note that "you can fool some of the people some of the time, all of the people all the time" does not make logical sense.


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What is the origin of the quote - You may fool all the people some of the time?

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.-Abraham Lincoln


Who said You can please some of the people some of the time all of the people some of the time some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time?

I believe this is an adaption of a quote from Abraham Lincoln. "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."


You can fool all of the people some of the time?

According to Alexander McClure (1828-1909) Abraham Lincoln said this. McClure was appointed an adjutant General by Lincoln and he is a noted Lincoln friend and biographer. In 1901 he published "Lincoln's Own Yarns and Stories" in which he quotes Lincoln as saying, " It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time: but you can't fool all of the people all the time." This saying has also been attributed to P.T. Barnum, but my research has been unable to associate this saying with Barnum.


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