[Ads-l] Fake GW quote

[Jonathan Lighter]

Accidentally deleted from the above: "According to Barabara McQuade, _Attack
from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America_ (1974), "There is no
evidence George Washington ever said any such thing."

JL

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following, attributed to George Washington, is (as they say) "all over
> the Internet":
>
> “A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should
> have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence
> from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own
> government."
>
> The earliest occurrence I find is in the _Congressional Record_ (June 26,
> 2008), quoted by Rep. Paul C. Broun (R.-Ga.).
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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