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>I've noticed a quote floating around the 'net for the last little while, but
>I've been unable to find anything that specifically pins this down on
Thomas
>Jefferson, even though it is he who is given the credit.
>
>"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose
>both, and deserve neither."
>
>This sounds very similar to the Benjamin Franklin quote of "They that
can
>give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
>neither liberty nor safety." I have done some searches in DejaNews
and
>other sources on the 'net for a source of the above Jefferson quote,
and
>while there are people that claim Jefferson said it, no one has an actual
>source for it. Have you seen this quote before?
The Benjamin Franklin quote seems to end up in a variety of forms, and I
feel certain that the one you ask about is just one of those forms. It is
almost certainly NOT by Thomas Jefferson, in any case. My advice is
not to accept a quote by Jefferson unless it has the source attached.
Most of those floating around the internet are not by him.
I have a website that lists many of the quotes that have been attributed
to Jefferson, located at:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7842/archives/quotes.htm
also see:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7970/jefpco13.htm
Hope that helps.