Quotes24357 of 42574 |
||
|
After all, facts are facts, and although we may quote one to another with a chuckle the words of the Wise Statesman, "Lies damned lies and statistics," still there are some easy figures the simplest must understand, and the astutest cannot wriggle out of. So we may be led to the serious consideration of change by the evolution of materials of conviction which those who run may read, though some who read may wish to run away from them.
Leonard H. Courtney,o "My Fellow-Disciples at Saratoga Springs," in The National Review, London, 1895 | ||
