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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II #166789 03/14/2007 9:03 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Quote: If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain. Again, this is attributed to both Twain and Lincoln. A solid source, anyone? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II Hydra #166791 03/14/2007 12:25 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I never heard it attributed to anyone other than Churchill. Or either the Wizard of Oz, one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II Faldage #166801 03/14/2007 3:55 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA For what it's worth, the phrase gets 41 Ghits with lincoln, 12 with twain, but 10,700 with churchill dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II dalehileman #166815 03/15/2007 12:16 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Now those numbers sound statistically significant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,524 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,318 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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