Posted by grant kinsley on 01/15/75 11:44

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 19:24:15 -0700, "Alpha" <x@x.net> wrote:

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>"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:
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>>>"Barry McCockiner" <abc@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>>>> In article <123c48blvm8j436@corp.supernews.com>, Alpha <x@x.net> wrote:
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>>>>> "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."
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>>>My quote is accurate. Google.
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>> 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
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>> "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
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>>>
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>But the Jefferson quote is part of an official US document. EOF>

provide documentation, with attributions, I did. I showed with
attributions that this quote has been misattributed, searches at
etext.virginia.edu of his writings cannot locate that quote in his
writing.

G
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