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.
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.
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
The quote is, "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." Roy P. Basler attributes this to Abraham Lincoln, from his 2 September 1858 Clinton, Illinois speeches.
Do you mean: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time" Yes, I suppose the word, "please" could be substituted for "fool" in this famous quotation by former American President, Abraham Lincoln.
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."
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.
Abraham Lincoln is often credited with this quote, although there is debate over whether he actually said it. The sentiment suggests that deception may work temporarily, but truth will ultimately prevail.
You can fool maybe one parent all the time, and you can fool both parents some of the time, but you can't fool both parents all the time.
No. Though many people are gullible to a greater or lesser extent, the re will always be cynics. Remember also the quote; "You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but never all of the people all of the time".
Reported to have been said in one of his speeches at Clinton, Illinois, on 2nd September 1858, but there is no contemporary evidence confirming that (like many other one-liners attributed to Lincoln) - see, for example, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, p. 81 (ed. Roy P. Basler). But this line has also been attributed to P. T. Barnum and (less commonly) to others. The inversion that "You can please all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but not all of the people all of the time" has also been attributed to Lincoln, amongst others.
As Adolph Hitler supposedly said: You can fool all the people some of the time. 'W" did with by pushing the fear of terrorism on people.
It is commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but there appears to be no hard evidence that he actually said it. It has also been attributed to P. T. Barnum (of the world famous Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus), poet John Lydgate and Mark Twain. There is also a variant (sometimes claimed to be the original form): "You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time." However, Alexander McClure attributes the quote to Lincoln in his 1901 book Lincoln's Own Yarns and Stories. McClure (1828-1909) was a personal friend of Lincoln and was appointed Asst Adjutant General by Lincoln. He also worked on Lincoln's 1860 election. I could find no credible source attributing the quote to Barnum.