• Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination.

  Source: 1910 Speech, quoted in Alan L. Mackay The Harvest of a Quiet Eye (1977)

  Andrew Lang
  Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic 1844-1912
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. lamp-posts—for
2. illumination
3. support
4. rather

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Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination. by : Andrew Lang

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