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I cannot tell a lie

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  1. Words George Washington spoke as a boy, according to a biographer of Washington. (See Washington and the cherry tree.)


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In keeping with the President’s Day theme, I cannot tell a lie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

I cannot tell a lie: When I put on that coat, I was the father of our country.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021

I cannot tell a lie, George Washington has won five in a row.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2017

"I cannot tell a lie," he famously said.

From Slate ● May 10, 2012

I cannot tell a lie, father, I cannot tell a lie.

From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by John Purver Richardson

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