cjhsa
 
Reply Mon 15 Sep, 2008 08:54 pm
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
Benjamin Franklin
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Robert Gentel
 
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Reply Mon 15 Sep, 2008 09:01 pm
@cjhsa,
Franklin said no such thing. The first recorded use of the word "lunch" in the English language occurred many years after his death.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Tue 16 Sep, 2008 02:11 am
@cjhsa,
Quote:
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"

I don 't know whether he SAID it,
but he SHOUD have.





David
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