Show phrases ascribed to great men all wrong the detroit news Is responsible for this debunking of some great men of the past washington wash ington did not dot make use ot of the phrase entangling alliances in any of ills his speeches in his farewell address he be stated it Is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with alay any portion of the foreign world it was thomas jefferson who in his inaugural address spoke of peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling ta n gling alliances with none the saying about fooling the people la Is commonly attributed to lincoln but bat Is not mentioned in his biographies it was probably a common proverb long before lincoln ever used lt it it if he ha did so herbert hoover never used the expression noble experiment with regard to prohibition in it a letter to senator borah long be for the presidential campaign mr hoover stated our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment noble in motive and far reaching in purpose woodrow wilson never said this country was too proud to fight in a speech to newly naturalized citizens in philadelphia he said peace Is the leading and elevating influence of the world and strife Is not there to la such a thing as a man being too proud to fight there Is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it ta Is right |