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Top Ten Greatest Lies of the 20th Century
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Last century there were a lot of liars.
Here are the top ten.
The Top Ten Greatest Lies of the 20th Century (Untruths, Misstatements, Deceptions and other Lies!)
- That “two U.S. aircraft were lost in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 4, 1964” and that Congress had given the president authority to fight a war in Vietnam. – Linden B. Johnson and Robert McNamara*
- “I have no plans to commit American troops in Viet Nam.” Lyndon Johnson
- “I am not a crook” – Richard M. Nixon
- “I never had sex with that woman, Miss Lewinski.” – Bill Clinton
- Apollo 13 was a Failure. The American Press
- “Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.” – The Warren Commission
- “I have a plan to end the Vietnam conflict.” – Richard M. Nixon
- “I am not a communist.” – Fidel Castro
- “I will bury you” – Nikta Khrushchev
- “Segregation yesterday, today and forever.” – George Wallace
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