Statements we say are False
He even wrote a post on how he definitely did not say it
Population estimates aren't even remotely close to that high
Volunteers would be in the dozens, not thousands
A fabulous fake quote
"No free society can possibly be sustained unless it has an educated citizenry"
His actions also support the opposite
Quote is an exaggerated mashup of his words and paraphrases
Ethics and crime are two different bags
Can't dress up a fake quote and make it walk
Wasn't quite true in January, definitely isn't true now
This is probably what the historians call "apocryphal"
