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He later denied the report, saying the network misquoted him.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” John F. Kennedy warned as he misquoted Edmund Burke.

His claim was debunked by several fact-checkers who said he had misquoted the former prime minister.

They misquoted him to his face, misrepresented his work, and spouted cocksure inanities showing with every word that, scientifically speaking, they have no idea what they’re talking about.

But Green denied doing so, claiming that the article misquoted him.