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> << "Lies, damn lies and statistics?" >>
> 
> Wasn't that Disraeli's famous put-down? "There are three kinds of lie - lies,
> damned lies, and statistics."
> 
I thought it was Mark Twain, but found this quote on line:

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them
myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with
justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and
statistics."
                                                                       -
Autobiography of Mark Twain 

Doug

Thanks to http://www.twainquotes.com

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