"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar" is one of my favorite Lincoln quotes.
Abe went back to his office and slammed the door.The press had nailed him.
Again.
"SECRETARY!" he shouted.
His secretary crawled out from behind his desk and clutched a notebook, trembling.
"Yes, Mister President?" mumbled the secretary. "Problems?"
"What did we discuss yesterday?" growled Lincoln.
The Secretary flipped through his notes. "No man has a good enough memory... to be a successful... liar," he read.
"Which means..."
"You need me to keep track of your lies?" said the Secretary.
"EXACTLY!"
The Secretary nodded. "It will never happen again, sir," he whimpered. "Ever."
But one hundred and ten years later...
(If you do the math, I'm referring to Nixon and Haig, not Bush and Rove.)