If You Listen Closely, He Said "Federation", Not "Confederacy"
It is by now a matter of record that the quote
There’s no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There’s nothing good in war except its ending.
attributed to Lincoln by anti-war protestors earlier this year – although doubtless a noble sentiment – was actually uttered by an actor portraying Lincoln on an episode of Star Trek. We’ve been kicking this one around the office for a couple of days now, trying to come up with other circumstances in which this kind of unfortunate misunderstanding could occur. (The best one we’ve thought of is Ralph Wiggum as George Washington, but alas – he wasn’t in character when he said “This snowflake tastes like fishsticks!”)
Suggestions welcome.
Meanwhile, it might be prudent to check your next ostensible Mark Twain quote against a transcript of this episode of Cheers.
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