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There is no record of Thomas Jefferson ever saying that. http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/if-you-want-something-you-have-never-had-quota
by neilk 13y ago
There is no record of Thomas Jefferson ever saying that.
http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/if-you-want-something-you-have-never-had-quotation http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/if-y...
Improperly attributed quotations are a bit of pet peeve of mine. I don't want to beat anybody up if they just read it on the web somewhere. But the problem is, anybody even slightly familiar with Jefferson would know he would never say anything like that.
- nsxwolf 13y agoApparently Thomas Jefferson never said anything notable to popular sensibilities. I don't often encounter a quote that goes unchallenged. He seems to be a composite phantom made of misattributed quotations.
- JosephHatfield 13y agoAccording to that Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, more than half the quotes commonly attributed to Thomas Jefferson are, in fact, spurious.
- gkoberger 13y agoAgreed; which is why I made sure to say it was attributed to him (not that he actually said it).
- neilk 13y agoSorry. I was being pedantic.
- Raffaelo 13y ago"The problem with quotes on the Internet is: You never know if they´re accurate!" - Mahatma Ghandi I´ve actually seen this one attributed to Napolean Bonaparte and John Lennon as well...