I cannot tell a lie
Words George Washington spoke as a boy, according to a biographer of Washington. (See Washington and the cherry tree.)
QUIZZES
WHO SAID IT: A QUIZ ON PRESIDENTIAL WIT AND WISDOM
Think you know your presidents? Take this quiz and see if you can match the style, wit, and ideology of these memorable lines to the right POTUS.
Question 1 of 9
“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Words nearby I cannot tell a lie
ICA, -ical, -ically, I came, I saw, I conquered, ICANN, I cannot tell a lie, ICAO, Icaria, Icarian, Icarian Sea, Icarus
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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