Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Book ·270 of 348
"The end of history."
They never said that.
What people say
"The end of history."
What was actually said
"The end of history as such." Francis Fukuyama — Francis Fukuyama, The National Interest (1989)
Why it stuck
"As such" is load-bearing — Fukuyama meant the end of ideological evolution, not events. Dropping it let critics mock a claim he didn't make.
Know another line by heart?
Play the duel and see how many you can spot. Or browse the whole shelf.