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To: elmatador who wrote (37327)	8/8/2005 11:49:37 PM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Interesting. I googled the saying. It has been variously attributed to George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson and even to William Casey ex head of the CIA(!). And different variations of it have referred to liberals, socialists, and communists. But according to this site: geocities.com the earliest derivation was by a frenchman by the name of Francois Guizot who said in the mid-1800s, "Not to be a republican at 20 is proof of want of heart; to be one at 30 is proof of want of head." That's republican with a little 'r,' meaning believers in representative government rather than monarchies. Doughboy.