[PW] Ghost-Written Famous Quotations

[Charles Early]

George W. Bush's "axis of evil" was actually a collaborative effort by 
speechwriters David Frum and Michael Gerson 
(http://www.slate.com/id/2076552/).  Frum originally wrote "axis of hatred" 
and Gerson changed "hatred" to "evil".

At 01:55 PM 6/21/2007, you wrote:

>I am writing an article about famous quotations that were actually formulated
>by ghost-writers of one sort or another rather than by the person usually
>credited with them.  Examples would be speechwriters whose words are credited
>to politicians; actors who ad-libbed lines not included in the original
>screenplays; literary ghost-writers such as Robert Graves writing T. E.
>Lawrence's poem at the beginning of _Seven Pillars of Wisdom_; etc.  Can 
>anyone
>suggest examples of such famous ghost-written quotations?
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
>
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