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Young George bravely said, ‘I cannot tell a lie…I did cut it with my hatchet.’ Washington’s father embraced him and rejoiced that his son’s honesty was worth more than a thousand trees.” ...

George Washington's alleged "I cannot tell a lie" claim might have been the pinnacle of American political integrity, Tim muses.

T here’s a popular myth that George Washington damaged a cherry tree in his youth, then confessed to his father by saying: “I cannot tell a lie.” There’s no hard evidence that this ...

When George Washington was a boy, the story goes that he chopped down a family cherry tree and then confessed with the immortal words: ‘Father, I cannot tell a lie...’ If only all politicians ...

With his supposed stiff-upper-lip line “I cannot tell a lie,” a young George Washington confessed to dismembering a valued cherry tree. Honesty seems to have peaked early in American politics.