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Obama may have been aiming for the same level of modesty when he quoted the line about being bound neither to win nor succeed. But the first-person singular undercut the effect: He said "I" five times in two sentences.

What's with this counting Obama's first person pronouns.

Just political gamesmanship

Okay, who did say "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time." The article Geoff linked to said Lincoln didn't say it, but all the online sources I've checked said he did.

Not me - I didn't say it! I said you can fool enough of the people enough of the time to get away with being a politician or a preacher.

One quote is always attributed to Edmond Burke, and I used to use it in my presentations. However, Shu told me that they've never actually been able to find it in any of his writings: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

I think it happens all the time. Most likely the author himself has done it.

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you cannot fool all of the people all the time

It was attributed to Lincoln some 50 years after he was supposed to have said it (link). (Unfortunately I was unable to read the footnote.)

Certainly fooled Obama.