Posted by Alpha on 01/15/55 11:44

"grant kinsley" <sawbones@uniserve.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:48:26 -0700, "Alpha" <x@x.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Barry McCockiner" <abc@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>>> In article <123c48blvm8j436@corp.supernews.com>, Alpha <x@x.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will
>>>> lose
>>>> both, and deserve neither." -- Thomas Jefferson
>>>
>>> That's not even close to the actual quote, and it's generally
>>> attributed to Benjamin Franklin, not Thomas Jefferson.
>>>
>>> "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little
>>> Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
>>
>>My quote is accurate. Google.
>
> Although that quote is often attributed to Jefferson, The Franklin
> quote is in fact the correct quote and the changed quote has been
> misattributed. Looking at sites specifically devoted to quotes of
> Jefferson (such as Monticello.org and
> etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/)
>
> As well Monticello has this to say
>
> "In other cases, quotes are often attributed to Jefferson but were
> actually said by others:
> "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." (John Philpot Curran)
> "Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither." (Benjamin
> Franklin)
> "That government is best which governs least." (Henry David Thoreau)
> "I am a revolutionary so my son can be a farmer so his son can be a
> poet." (John Adams)"
>
> Don't believe it just cause you google it
>
> Grant
>
>>
>

But the Jefferson quote is part of an official US document. EOF>

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