10 Thomas Jefferson Quotes…. That Are Totally Fake

#8. “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.”

So epic… and so FAKE! Dang it! Fooled again. This quote is so freaking rad that we just wish it were true, but Monticello says no.That’s a shame, because it is also very true. Maybe we will take credit for this one, too?

From Monticello:

This quotation was well-known in the nineteenth century, and was in fact used by a number of famous figures, including Frederick Douglass, James Buchanan, and William Henry Harrison. It can be traced back, ultimately, to John Philpot Curran’s statement, “The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.”

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