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Misquoting Thomas Jefferson seems to be a popular pastime on both sides of the political spectrum.

Here are some things Jefferson did not say but which are widely attributed to him:

/Christianity: "...I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature..."

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

2007-08-15 Rove's 'Mob' Remark: An Age-Old Social Slur: "The esteemed founder never said it. The folks at Monticello's research library witheringly say that old saw has been dogging him for years."

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The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

I can't find a definitive statement that he did not say this, but it's not in any of the reliable collections and nobody cites a source for it.

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 ==Overview==
-[[category:misquotes]]Misquoting [[Thomas Jefferson]] seems to be a popular [[right-wing]] pastime.
+[[category:misquotes]]Misquoting [[Thomas Jefferson]] seems to be a popular pastime on both sides of the political spectrum.
 ==Nonexistent==
 Here are some things Jefferson did ''not'' say but which are widely attributed to him:
+* [[/Christianity]]: "...I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature..."
 ===Democracy is Mob Rule===
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