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** Occasionally, reporters pull this stunt for a quick story on how poorly modern US citizens understand their founding documents. It's all quotes with most people, not concepts.

* In the 2004 ''Starsky and Hutch'' movie, we get this bit of dialogue:

'''Huggy Bear''': I believe that was [[God]] - [[Jesus Was Way Cool|the greatest mack of all]]. }}

** In a later scene, it is attributed to be from [[William Shakespeare]], when actually the quote derives from Alexander Pope

* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]] [http://www.fstdt.net/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=70013 fail] from [[FSTDT]]:

These mottos did not come from the ACLU, nor from Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, nor from the Freedom from Religion Foundation. [[Narm|No, these slogans, word for word, came directly from the mind of Adolph Hitler.]] }}

** From the other side of the Hitler was an atheist narm campaign [http://www.daylightatheism.org/2006/08/hitler-atheist.html guess who said this]:

* The film ''[[Film/Max|Max]]'' starring a young art student named Hitler and his idealistic mentor/sponsor Max Rothman is an entire ''movie'' built around this trope. It's also the subject of one of Paul Harvey's stories.

* Many quotes by Hitler are commonly used - Hitler approved of vegetarianism (although contrary to popular belief, did not follow it himself), animal rights, urban renewal (although that may not have been such a good idea), gun control, and many other popular political stances wholly unconnected to the one he is remembered for. One notable example is the following passage recited in the movie ''Billy Jack'':

** This quotation was also recited by [[Yoko Ono]] when performing with [[John Lennon]] in the 1970s, in order to draw parallels with the current political situation in the US.

** The book ''They Never Said It'' questions this one: the students rebelling at the time were mostly Young Nazis objecting to Jewish professors.

** Done to chilling effect in ''The Wave'', a [[Based on a True Story]] account of a teacher who inadvertently kicked off a Nazi-esque movement in his school-Initially, he'd planned to show how ''anyone'' could get suckered into Nazi propaganda. It worked [[Gone Horribly Right|a little ]]''[[Gone Horribly Right|too]]'' [[Gone Horribly Right|well]].

* Hitler's underling Hermann Goering uttered a phrase which has often been used in this sense, especially in recent years:

* Biblical passages are also used in this manner, as a number of passages approve of things such as slavery, misogyny, and violence towards children, which are not considered appropriate in modern society.

** This is wonderfully lampshaded in a [[The West Wing]] episode where the President takes apart a woman who made her radio career on this type of thing.

'''Bartlet:''' Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I have you here. I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be? While thinking about that, can I ask another? My Chief of Staff Leo McGarry insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says that he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it okay to call the police? Here's one that's really important because we've got a lot of sports fans in this town: touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7. If they promise to wear gloves, can the Washington Redskins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point? Does the whole town ''really'' have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? Think about these questions, would you? One last thing: While you may be mistaking this for your monthly meeting of the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Ignorant Tight-Ass Club, in this building, when the President stands, nobody sits.]] }}

* In an episode of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', Lister asks, "Wasn't it Descartes who said, 'I am what I am'?" to which Rimmer replies, "No, it was [[Popeye]] the sailor man." Later in the same episode, Lister gives the quote again, attributing it to Popeye. Kryten says that he always thought it was Descartes, and Lister replies, "Me too, man. It's so easy to get those two dudes mixed up."

* In an episode of the short-lived family sitcom ''Movie Stars'', the boy (who goes to a school for child actors and kids of actors) gets in trouble with the principal for a bunch of minor infractions, including calling it "Puke-anan" (rather than "Buchanan") High. At the end, they make up, and the principal tells him, "In fact, you know who coined the nickname "Puke-anan," back when he was a student here?" "You, sir?" the boy replies. "No," the principal says. "[[Harvey Keitel]]."

* Parodied on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' in a [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-3-2003/ass-whomping segment] where [[Stephen Colbert]] plays a pundit who thinks the media has a responsibility during wartime to report only encouraging nationalistic stories.

'''Jon Stewart:''' Stephen, [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] said that. That was Stalin. Jefferson said he'd rather have a free press and no government than a government and no free press.<br />

'''Stephen Colbert:''' Well, what can you expect from a slave-banging, Hitler-loving queer? }}