George A. Smith Quotes
Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.
Smith, George Adam. The Book of Isaiah, vol. 1. A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1889.
See Ben Franklin for an earlier similar sentiment {465143}.
Coughlin was one of America’s most virulent hate-mongers. He was pro-Nazi, racist, anti-Semitic and an extremist of the political right wing. He had a weekly radio show which was notorious for its untruths. The Catholic Church was finally so embarrassed that he was ordered to give up his public haranguing.
He was asked why the War Office maintained three sets of figures: 1st Earl of Oxford
This quote comes from Goebbels' text "Churchill's Lie Factory" and is believed to be the paraphrased source of the commonly misattributed quote in {583627}.
Armstrong observed that the notion was not original with him but with Edmund Burke. See {610721}.
Cicely Isabel Fairfield
George Albert Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
