Opinion: Can you spot the fake quotation?

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, February 15, 2017 [The New York Times]( [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [Opinion]( Wednesday, February 15, 2017 First, [given the news]( I want to remind people that the president [has still refused to answer]( questions about [contact]( between his campaign and Russia. It’s an unacceptable silence. Now onto the bulk of today’s newsletter: Fake quotations are in the news this week, thanks to a Republican National Committee tweet that incorrectly cited Abraham Lincoln as saying “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” (The likely source of the quotation is a bit less inspiring than the 16th president: a 1947 advertisement for a book about aging.) Here at The Times, we see a lot of fake quotations in Op-Ed submissions, as my colleague Carmel McCoubrey, an editor, explains [in a delightful piece](. In honor of all great quotations, fake and real, we give you a short game this morning. Each of the below is frequently attributed to Winston Churchill or Thomas Jefferson. You need to pair each with one of four possible answers: Real Churchill, Fake Churchill, Real Jefferson or Fake Jefferson. The quiz includes two entries from each category. We’ve posted the answers on the [Opinion section’s Facebook page](. 1. A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing. 2. Capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others. 3. Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried. 4. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. 5. Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. 6. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. 7. That government is best which governs least. 8. The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. The full Opinion report from The Times follows, including Tina Rosenberg [on the decline of mass imprisonment]( and Myles Johnson [on Beyoncé](. Finally, if you enjoy Times journalism, we encourage you to consider [a new program that lets readers sponsor a subscription for a high school student](. David Leonhardt Op-Ed Columnist  Editorial [The Missing Pieces in the Flynn Story]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD If President Trump thinks Michael Flynn’s departure will end the controversy over Russia, he’s mistaken.  Op-Ed Columnist [Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser, at the White House on Monday before he resigned.]( [Flynn Is Exactly What Trump Deserves]( By FRANK BRUNI Our cavalier president chose top administration officials for their bluster. Op-Ed Columnist [A worker papers over an “illegal poster,” accusing Pope Francis of attacking conservative Catholics, in Rome on Feb. 5.

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