10 Thomas Jefferson Quotes…. That Are Totally Fake

#9. “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”

*sigh* Another BS quote that sounds too good to be true. This quote came into fashion during the Vietnam era, when hippies were protesting the war and looking for a good old fashioned bit of classical liberal founding father-ish sounding words to bring about the smackdown. Somebody did say the quote however, but it wasn’t Jefferson. From Monticello:

On October 15, 1969, in a speech at Columbia University, Mayor John Lindsay of New York City stated, “We cannot rest content with the charge from Washington that this peaceful protest is unpatriotic…The fact is that this dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”

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