Comments on: The Definition Of Insanity http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/ "Let that be a lesson to you, boys and girls. Don't ever argue with the Big Dog because the Big Dog is always right" Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:25:29 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Big Dog http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143130 Big Dog Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:32:10 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143130 Go ahead and I will find a fake Obama quote opposing gay marriage. Go ahead and I will find a fake Obama quote opposing gay marriage.

]]> By: Darrel http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143122 Darrel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:21:24 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143122 ADM: “…he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” --Jefferson DAR That's a very good one. Another variation I am more familiar with: "He is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong." --Jefferson ADM: “…he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” –Jefferson

DAR
That’s a very good one. Another variation I am more familiar with:

“He is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.” –Jefferson

]]> By: Adam http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143114 Adam Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:04 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143114 Don't make me find a fake Jefferson quote showing the founding father's support for Community Organizing. Don’t make me find a fake Jefferson quote showing the founding father’s support for Community Organizing.

]]> By: Big Dog http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143113 Big Dog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:54:54 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143113 "I am going to be unquoted but used by liberals to destroy America." -Saul Alinsky “I am going to be unquoted but used by liberals to destroy America.”

-Saul Alinsky

]]> By: Adam http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143112 Adam Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:25:33 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143112 "I am going to be misquoted by conservatives to further their political views for the next 200 years." -Thomas Jefferson “I am going to be misquoted by conservatives to further their political views for the next 200 years.”

-Thomas Jefferson

]]> By: Adam http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143111 Adam Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143111 "I'm going to be misquoted by conservatives to further their political views for the next 200 years." -Thomas Jefferson “I’m going to be misquoted by conservatives to further their political views for the next 200 years.”

-Thomas Jefferson

]]> By: Adam http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143110 Adam Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:22:17 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143110 <a href="http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Government_big_enough_to_supply_you" rel="nofollow">Wrong again</a>. Come on now. Wrong again. Come on now.

]]> By: Blake http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143109 Blake Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:51:37 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143109 "A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson “A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.”
Thomas Jefferson

]]> By: Adam http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143104 Adam Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:42:20 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143104 I <a href="http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/When_governments_fear_the_people,_there_is_liberty...%28Quotation%29" rel="nofollow">don't think Jefferson said that one either</a>, strangely enough. I don't know if I've seen more quotes misattributed to one man than by folks spreading around Jefferson's imaginary ideas on government to fit their narrowing political agendas. There is one chain letter in particular I'm thinking of that is <a href="http://jeffersonlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/epic-10-part-reference-question/" rel="nofollow">covered on this site</a>. One thing that Jefferson <a href="http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs29.html" rel="nofollow">probably did say</a> though: "...he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors." I don’t think Jefferson said that one either, strangely enough.

I don’t know if I’ve seen more quotes misattributed to one man than by folks spreading around Jefferson’s imaginary ideas on government to fit their narrowing political agendas.

There is one chain letter in particular I’m thinking of that is covered on this site.

One thing that Jefferson probably did say though:

“…he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”

]]> By: Big Dog http://www.onebigdog.net/the-definition-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-143097 Big Dog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:59:42 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=8265#comment-143097 The exact source of the quote is unknown though usually attributed as stated, to Burke. Perhaps something close to the sentiment from Jefferson is: "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." But one of my favorites: “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” Now that was a good Jefferson quote... The exact source of the quote is unknown though usually attributed as stated, to Burke.

Perhaps something close to the sentiment from Jefferson is:
“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.”

But one of my favorites:
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”

Now that was a good Jefferson quote…

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