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My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing!

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-[[File:My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing.jpg|thumb|"My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing"]]"'''My ancestors didn’t fight in the Enlightenment for nothing!'''" is a joke by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
+[[File:My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing.jpg|thumb|'''My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment for nothing!''']]'''My ancestors didn’t fight in the Enlightenment for nothing!'''
-== History ==
-Jones states:
-<blockquote>
-I probably said it in a blog post, likely Boing Boing, sometime in the 2010 - 2015 range. I liked it right away, stored it in near-short-term memory for ready quipping.
-</blockquote>
-== Variations ==
-Jones has used alternate forms of the phrase, typically "My ancestors didn't fight in the Enlightenment" followed by a clause improvised for the occasion.
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