Ethics

More Fake Quotes at the Worldnutdaily

By Ed Brayton

No matter how many times its non-existence is pointed out, and even admitted to by David Barton, religious right apologists continue to peddle this fake quote from James Madison. The latest is Jane Chastain at the Worldnutdaily:

James Madison, the primary author of our Constitution, said this:

"We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

No he didn't. No matter how many times you repeat this lie, it's still false.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 12, 2009 (boomark / email).