“To anger a conservative, lie to him: to anger a liberal, tell him the truth”

“To anger a conservative, lie to him: to anger a liberal, tell him the truth” is a quotation that is often credited to Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), but there is no evidence that he ever said it. The quotation has appeared in print since about 2007—well after Roosevelt’s lifetime.
 
“It’s easy to annoy a liberal, just tell the truth about them”—without the “conservative” half—has been cited in print since at least 1995.
     
 
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It’s easy to annoy a liberal, just tell the truth about them.
         
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“To anger a conservative, lie to him.
To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.”
 
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To ANGER a Conservative tell him a lie, To ANGER a liberal tell him the TRUTH.
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Posted by: TED at November 18, 2008 12:42 AM
 
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steve orris
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To anger a conservative, tell a lie.  To anger a liberal, tell the truth.  http://tinyurl.com/63dotw
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I guess Teddy Roosevelt was right. “If you want to anger a conservative…..tell him a lie….....If you want to anger a liberal..tell them the truth.
 
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Franc Pohole
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“To anger a Conservative, tell him a lie.. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.” unacknowledged quote at freerepublic.com
8:21 PM - 19 Sep 09
 
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CalHunter 
04-07-2012, 07:19 PM
Teddy Roosevelt Quote on Liberals
Quote:
“To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.” - Theodore Roosevelt
I was perusing through the internet today and came across this quote. I was unable to source the quote but couldn’t help thinking about its’ merits. If you sit back and think about it, there is a certain native intelligence that just percolates to the surface.
   
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slone
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THE DEMS HATE THIS TWEET:
To anger a conservative LIE to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth. Teddy Roosevelt #tcot #tlot
6:00 PM - 1 Nov 13