Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts---for support rather than illumination.

Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts---for support rather than illumination.

政客们使用统计数据的方式，就像醉汉使用灯柱一样——是为了支持，而不是为了照明。

-- Andrew Lang 安德鲁·朗格