Multiple choice general knowledge

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln

  2. Rudyard Kipling

  3. Benjamin Franklin

  4. Albert Einstein
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Explanation

This quote is from Abraham Lincoln's speech at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois on February 19, 1858 (the 'House Divided' speech era context). Lincoln was making a point about the limits of deception - that while you might deceive some people indefinitely or all people temporarily, you cannot deceive everyone forever. This reflects his views on political honesty and public opinion.

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