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Edit: This is not simply an 'expression', it is a quote. Specifically, it is MY quote and was shown here as such for years until user 'Evil Saltine' decided to 'edit' this page. It would be nice to know why he did this. The quote is: "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order" -Ed Howdershelt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.70.133.250 (talk)

(moved from article) Evil saltine (talk) 04:05, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More sources

Not sure how to integrate these into the article, so I'm putting them here:

Earliest mention I've found so far:

Four boxes govern the world:—cartridge box, ballot box, jury box, and band box.
— The Family favorite and temperance journal. Vol. 1. 1849. p. 99. Retrieved 27 September 2010. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

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The four boxes that rule the world—Cartridge-box, Ballot-box, Jury-box, and Band-box.
— Wooléver, Adam (Compiled and arranged) (1881). Treasury of wisdom, wit and humor, odd comparisons and proverbs. Philadelphia: E. Claxton & Company. p. 42. Retrieved 27 September 2010. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

There also appears to be a somewhat more indepth review of the boxes by a Yale law professor and an adjunct faculty member of Hartwick college here, but I don't have time to delve into it at the moment. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:32, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 The quote is: "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order" -Ed Howdershelt <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.70.133.250|98.70.133.250]] ([[User talk:98.70.133.250|talk]]) </span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->
 :<small>(moved from article) [[User:Evil saltine|Evil saltine]] ([[User talk:Evil saltine|talk]]) 04:05, 25 September 2010 (UTC)</small>
+== More sources ==
+Not sure how to integrate these into the article, so I'm putting them here:
+Earliest mention I've found so far: {{quote|Four boxes govern the world:—cartridge box, ballot box, jury box, and band box.
+| {{cite book |title=The Family favorite and temperance journal |volume=1 |year=1849 |page=99 |pages=287 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=61HiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=27 September 2010}}
+}}
+Also found as: {{quote|The four boxes that rule the world—Cartridge-box, Ballot-box, Jury-box, and Band-box.
+| {{cite book |title=Treasury of wisdom, wit and humor, odd comparisons and proverbs |last=Wooléver |first=Adam (Compiled and arranged) |year=1881 |publisher=E. Claxton & Company |location=Philadelphia |page=42 |pages=527 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=e-UsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=27 September 2010}}
+}}
+There also appears to be a somewhat more indepth review of the boxes by a Yale law professor and an adjunct faculty member of Hartwick college [http://books.google.com/books?id=JjAVg7Hq3q0C&lpg=PR17&dq=%22four%20boxes%22%20ballot%20jury&pg=PR17#v=onepage&q=%22four%20boxes%22%20ballot%20jury&f=false here], but I don't have time to delve into it at the moment. [[User:VernoWhitney|VernoWhitney]] ([[User talk:VernoWhitney|talk]]) 16:32, 27 September 2010 (UTC)