Who said " god made man but samuel colt made them equal"?

Question

its been bothering me

Answer 1

**I believe the the old saying, "God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal," originated as advertising slogan for Colt Manufactuting.  There are a number of variations on the same theme that appear:  "God may have made men, but Samuel Colt made them equal"; “God didn’t make all men equal, Sam Colt did”; “God made man equal. But, Colonel Colt made some more equal than others”; “God made every man different; Sam Colt made them equal."

**The saying has "enjoyed" a renaissance of sorts as part of the 2nd Amendment debate about hand guns.  I read a variation of the saying recently in an essay in "George Magazine," titled "Annie's Got Her Gun," by Ann Coulter.

She wrote, in part, "...What the arms-control faithful really want is a world without violence, not a world without weapons.  These are the ideological descendants of the authors of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which purported to outlaw war. But we can't have a world without violence, because the world is half male and testosterone causes homicide. A world with violence -- that is to say, with men -- but without weapons is the worst of all possible worlds for women.  As the saying goes, 'God made man and woman; Colonel Colt made them equal'."

Answer 2

if i remember right, it was Omar Sharif's character in Hidalgo?  I'm not positive, but i think that might be right