Abraham Lincoln: “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1858

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

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Republican · Illinois

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Remarks during the Lincoln-Douglas debates, highlighting the limits of deception.

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Abraham Lincoln: “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people…”