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Spurious Quotations
- All tyranny needs to gain a foothold...
- Bad government results from too much government
- The beauty of the Second Amendment... (Quotation)
- The Bible is the source of liberty (Quotation)
- The Christian god is a three headed monster
- Democracy is nothing more than mob rule...
- The democracy will cease to exist...(Quotation)
- Dissent is the highest form of patriotism
- Do you want to know who you are?
- An educated citizenry...
- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty
- Every man has two countries - his own and France
- Few die, none resign
- Government big enough...
- If a law is unjust...
- If we are to guard against ignorance...
- I would rather be judged by 12 farmers than 12 scholars
- In matters of style, swim with the current...
- Information is the currency of democracy
- Jewel among the states
- Making this wine vine known to the public
- Museum of our soul
- The nation was clothed with ample powers...(Quotation)
- Near-perfect republic
- No duty the Executive had to perform...
- No nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion...
- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude...
- The office of citizen
- Private Banks
- Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp...
- Spell a word only one way
- Strongest reason for the people to...keep and bear arms...
- Superstition of Christianity
- That goverment is best which governs the least. (Quotation)
- The two enemies of the people...(Quotation)
- Those who hammer their guns into plows...(Quotation)
- Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government
- The web of mutual obligations between generations...(Quotation)
- When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on (Quotation)
- Without God, liberty will not last (Quotation)
Comments
Hi,
This quote. attributed to Thomas Jefferson, is making the rounds of political forums:
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not”
Is this a fake quote, a real T.J. quote, or a quote belonging to someone else?
Thanks.
Hi Bill - this one is spurious: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/democracy-will-cease-to-exist-q...
The "I never considered a difference of opinion..." quotation is legitimate -- that was in a letter to William Hamilton (Ford Ed., vii, 441, Pa, 1800)
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA364&img=1&zoom=3&hl=e...
How about this one? “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” - Thomas Jefferson.. This has been going around Facebook.
HanClinto is right - this one is genuine, and we've put a page up on it with details because it has definitely been making the rounds lately: http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/i-never-consider...
Is this one spurious?
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everyone stands around reloading."
Spurious too - we've got a page up now on this one: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/peace-brief-glorious-moment-his...
Salon.com is quoting Jefferson in an ad for Salon Core: All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Spurious, isn't it?
Michael, sorry for the long delay on this. Yes, it is spurious - I've put up a page on this quotation here: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/all-tyranny-needs-to-gain-footh...
Michael,
I'm sure you'll get a more direct response soon. But in the meantime, check out this blog post from our Research Librarian Anna Berkes:
Hunting the Wily Jefferson Quotation (Episode 1)