Hilaire Belloc Quote

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds... that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics.

The Silence of the Sea, and Other Essays (ed. Ayer Company Pub, 1971)

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds... that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive...

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds... that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive...

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds... that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive...

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds... that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive...