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It was George Washington, but he didn't really say it. A book was written about him a 100 years after his death and one of the stories in the book relates that when he was asked who chopped down the cherry tree he said " I can not tell a lie. I did" This was a made up story that has come down to us as fact.

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The quote is," Father, I cannot tell a lie." The tale goes that the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, answered this when asked if he chopped down a cherry tree. Here in the USA, children are told this story from a very early age. I suppose to try and keep them from fibbing. I don't put much stock in it being a true story and kids here fib just like most kids.

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