Statistics
- Main article: Records of heads of state
- World's longest serving current head of state: King Rama IX of Thailand (since 9 June 1946: (700166000000000000066 years, 7002168000000000000168 days)).
- Oldest head of state (elected): Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland until 1973 aged 90 and 8 months.
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“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination.”
—Andrew Lang (1844–1912)
“and Olaf, too
preponderatingly because
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—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)