ashgrey falsely quotes jefferson: "Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson
Bogus Quote, Jefferson never said that. The official thomas jefferson website, monticello.org says so:
Earliest known appearance in print: No appearances in print found. [1]
Earliest known appearance in print, attributed to Thomas Jefferson: See above.
Other attributions: None known.
Status: We have not found any evidence that Thomas Jefferson said or wrote, "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/spurious-quotations
Ashgrey quotes, or misquotes?, thomas paine: "The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as property. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside … Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them." Thomas Paine
madison link puts it this way: "The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them...."
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property...Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them." (Thomas Paine, Thoughts On Defensive War, 1775)
http://www.madisonbrigade.com/t_paine.htm
Thomas Paine was speaking of defensive war, and the benefits of arming the 'law abiding' militia. Somebody in charge of the 2nd Amendment mythology bible evidently switched 'law abiding' for 'half the world', since it makes it sound like paine was speaking more about individuals rather than militias.
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