10 Thomas Jefferson Quotes…. That Are Totally Fake

#4. “Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%.”

Jefferson never said that. It’s true. But, he never said it. The first time this appeared in print was relatively recent, in 2004. Monticello says that some dude called Ken Schoolland wrote a book and attributed this quote to Jefferson, but our man never said it. It’s cool to push free markets and republicanism over democracy, but don’t BS it. Besides, there are already tons of awesome quotes about why democracy sucks that you can use.

Like these REAL quotes:

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” – H. L. Mencken

and:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” -H.L. Mencken

See? Real quotes are more fun!

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