Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Saying ·94 of 348
"Go west, young man."
They never said that.
What people say
"Go west, young man."
What was actually said
"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country." John B. L. Soule (often credited to Horace Greeley) — Terre Haute Express editorial (1851)
Why it stuck
First printed in an 1851 Soule editorial. Greeley reprinted it and is now universally credited.
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