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Who Said This? (Famous Quote, But Who Said It)

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"Men make counterfeit money, but more often money makes counterfeit men"

I think I know but want to be sure, surely someone on this site knows; I would also like to locate the particular occasion or publication where it first occurred. The person I am thinking said it was Benjamin Franklin, but if so I don't know when or where. Any help out there?
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Well I know it was not me!

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A google search brings up the name Sydney J. Harris, a Chicago journalist/reporter
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Sydney Harris journalist 1917 to 1986
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This is all I have found so far.

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men....Sydney Harris, quoted in Johannesburg Business Daily

http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/e...04/June.html
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Here are his publications. It is likely that one of these contains the quote.

Collected Columns

Strictly Personal (1953)
Majority of One (1957)
Last Things First (1961)
On the Contrary (1964)
Leaving the Surface (1968)
For the Time Being (1972)
The Best of Sydney J. Harris (1975)
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Clearing the Ground (1986)


Other Books

The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma (1972)
Winners and Losers (1973)
Would You Believe? (1979)

-DP
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