And my second favorite is number nineteen:9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
Two enduring truths that too many people living comfortable lives, desperately seeking guarantees of safety in the pipe dream of a world without risk simply don't seem to be able to grasp.19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
The Jefferson Library agrees with you. http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/in ... into_plowsjwp wrote:Tote 9: Do you happen to have a reference for this quote? I've seen it off and on for a year or two, but have not been able to find anything that verifies that Jefferson actually wrote that, and and I'm beginning to doubt that he did. It certainly doesn't "sound" much like him.Tote 9 wrote: "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
~ Thomas Jefferson
Thanks - jwp