Show P phrases ascribed to great grea t men all wrong the detroit news Is responsible for this debunking of some great men ot of the past washington did not make use ot of the phrase entangling alliances in riny ony ot of his speeches in hla his far farewell ewelt address he stated it la Is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances till lances with any portion of the tha foreign world it was thomas jefferson who in his inaugural address spoke of peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none the saying about fooling the people la Is commonly attributed to lincoln but Is 18 not mentioned in his biographies it was probably a common proverb long before lincoln ever used it if he did so herbert hoover never used the expression noble experiment with regard to prohibition in a letter to senator borau borah long be for the presidential campaign mr I 1 hoover stated our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment noble coble in motive and far reaching in purpose 11 woodrow wilson never said this country was too proud to fight in a speech to newly naturalized citizens in philadelphia he said peace la Is the leading and elevating influence of the world and strife la is not there Is such a thing as aa a man being too proud to fight there is such a thing ns as a nation being so aa right that it does not need to cou con vince others by force that it Is right |