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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 06:37 PM
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Ben Franklen, "Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner, Liberty is a well
armed sheep contesting the vote".
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 06:50 PM
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1. it's not by Franklin
I certainly cannot believe it's by R. H. Tawney either as one person in this thread claims

http://www.r8ny.com/blog/barry_popik/lunches_with_wolves_the_fake_ben_franklin_quote_on_democracy.html
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 07:58 PM
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2. When sheep are armed ...
Scottsmen will be very nervous
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