Today: That purported Democracy quote from Thomas Jefferson, a cookie recipe on a headstone, and Kevin Bacon's wedding DJ

Did Thomas Jefferson Say 'Democracy Is Nothing More Than Mob Rule'?

Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has often been credited online for authoring the quote, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

The quote has appeared in well-designed memes. It's been included in published books and on websites that collect quotes. We even found evidence that it was once cited in documentation that was seemingly part of case records for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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