Misattributed Quotes

1. “A single death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is a statistic,” never said this World War II leader, but if he did it would be exponentially truthful.

2. “Then what are we fighting for,” never said this World War II leader, when asked about funding cuts to the arts.

3. “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” never said this dissident, though the oft-misquoted Albert Einstein said of him, “generations to come will scarce believe that one such as this walked the face of the earth.”

4. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result,” and “if the bees disappeared, man would have another four years,” never said this man who was neither a psychologist nor a beekeeper.

5. “The ends justify the means,” and “power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely,” never said this Italian tactician, whose name has become a description of those quotes.

6. “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing,” never said this ItalianAmerican tactician, whose name has become a rest area.7.

“A lie can travel halfway around the earth while the truth is still putting on its shoes,” never said anyone attributed to this quote, most recently the multiple advisers to the people who shared this penname.

Courtesy of the Democratic Republic of Trivia