Quotation: "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
Variations: 1. "Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Sources consulted: Searching on the phrase "hammer their guns"
Earliest known appearance in print: Gary W. Smith, Life Changing Thoughts: Thousands of Inspiring, Life-changing, and Humorous Thoughts (AuthorHouse, 2009), 276.[1]
Earliest known appearance in print, attributed to Thomas Jefferson: See above.
Other attributions: None known.
Status: We have not found any evidence that Thomas Jefferson said or wrote, "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not," or any of its variations.
- Anna Berkes, 8/10/07; revised 8/21/15
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