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* [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/chu6.html Bevin Chu, on LewRockwell.com] | * [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/chu6.html Bevin Chu, on LewRockwell.com] | ||
* [http://thinkexist.com/quotation/a_democracy_is_nothing_more_than_mob_rule-where/225983.html Thinkexist.com] (index of quotations) | * [http://thinkexist.com/quotation/a_democracy_is_nothing_more_than_mob_rule-where/225983.html Thinkexist.com] (index of quotations) | ||
| − | * '''2008-12-31''' [http://meltdown2011.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/were-a-republic-not-a-democracy/ Meltdown 2011: | + | * '''2008-12-31''' [http://meltdown2011.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/were-a-republic-not-a-democracy/ Meltdown 2011: We're a Republic, NOT a Democracy] |
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Revision as of 20:52, 17 June 2009
Overview
Misquoting Thomas Jefferson seems to be a popular right-wing pastime.
Nonexistent
Here are some things Jefferson did not say but which are widely attributed to him:
Democracy is Mob Rule
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."
Attributions:
- Bevin Chu, on LewRockwell.com
- Thinkexist.com (index of quotations)
- 2008-12-31 Meltdown 2011: We're a Republic, NOT a Democracy
Social Welfare Will Kill Democracy
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.
Attributions:
- Democracy Is Not Freedom (sidebar)
- Sovereignty Colorado