“There are three kind of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” was first used by Chrchill?

Published August 3, 2010

Question by moonpartho: “There are three kind of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” was first used by Chrchill?
A supplementary question: Could the above saying be ascribed to Churchill who used the words”in ascending order” in parenthesis?Could he be the originator of the expression?

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