evidence: "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us." [...] - Alternative: "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." [...] - Actual source: Quote Investigator found the earliest known appearance in a 1993 Washington Times essay by Richard Grenier: "As George Orwell pointed out, people sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." The absence of quotation marks indicates that Grenier was using his own words to convey his interpretation of Orwell's opinion, as seen in citations below.