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[jhetley]

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.

Abraham Lincoln

Comments

[dewline]

If you're willing to settle for option two, you can still get a lot of evil done. In fact, settling for option two guarantees you that capacity.

[jhetley]

I recall a paraphrase:

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, and that's enough to get elected."

[dewline]

Close enough, sadly.