I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself.

Misattributed

(in German: »Ich glaube nur der Statistik, die ich selbst gefälscht habe« ) This slanderous remark was attributed to Churchill by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to depict him as a liar.

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