phrases

[married]

who said"you can fool all of the people some of the time,and some of the people all of the time, but you can,t foll all of the people all of the time

[Hippy]

Abraham Lincoln

[Postie]

It was P T Barnum of Barnum and Bailey fame talking about the con tricks pulled in american circus acts, routines and sideshows.

[tartanwiz]

Hippy is right, it was Abraham Lincoln originally. PT Barnum might have used it later in a different context but he didn't originate it.

[apricot]

Bob Dylan said it too