Misquotes
Jefferson, Hamilton, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Shakespeare, Churchill - these were all prolific writers who addressed, and often criticized, the social fabric of their time. Because these writers put out so many words on so many topics, it is easy to find phrases to support any philosophical position. If you are willing to take words out of context or even merge different phrases together, there is no limit to what you can have these writers support.In my foolish youth I spend hours in university libraries trying to understand why these great men would have said some the crazy things the internet attributed to them. That is until I realized they didn't say these things, or at least did not say them in the fashion these "internet historians" would have you believe..These days I just shake my head in dismay and move on.
IF you want to believe Up is Down, Fast is Slow, Black is White - that is your privilege, have at it.