Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4F. Carr, and Company, 1829 |
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... present constitution . I confess then , I think it important , in the present case , to set an example against broad construction , by appealing for new power to the people . If , however , our friends shall think differently ...
... present constitution . I confess then , I think it important , in the present case , to set an example against broad construction , by appealing for new power to the people . If , however , our friends shall think differently ...
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... present constitution , I confess then , I think it important , in the present case , to set an example against broad construction , by appealing for new power to the people . If , however , our friends shall think differently ...
... present constitution , I confess then , I think it important , in the present case , to set an example against broad construction , by appealing for new power to the people . If , however , our friends shall think differently ...
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... present nothing formidable . I sincerely regret that the unbounded calumnies of the federal party have obliged me to throw myself on the verdict of my country for trial , my great desire having been to retire at the end of the present ...
... present nothing formidable . I sincerely regret that the unbounded calumnies of the federal party have obliged me to throw myself on the verdict of my country for trial , my great desire having been to retire at the end of the present ...
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... Present me respectfully to Mrs. Page , and accept yourself my friendly salutations , and assurances of constant affection . TH : JEFFERSON . LETTER XIV . TO P. MAZZEI . a Washington , July 18 , 1804 . MY DEAR SIR , It is very long , I ...
... Present me respectfully to Mrs. Page , and accept yourself my friendly salutations , and assurances of constant affection . TH : JEFFERSON . LETTER XIV . TO P. MAZZEI . a Washington , July 18 , 1804 . MY DEAR SIR , It is very long , I ...
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... present matters , there was not a single paragraph in my message to Congress , or those supplementary to it , in which there was not a unanimity of concurrence in the members of the administration . The fact is , that in ordinary ...
... present matters , there was not a single paragraph in my message to Congress , or those supplementary to it , in which there was not a unanimity of concurrence in the members of the administration . The fact is , that in ordinary ...
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Page 266 - Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
Page 385 - Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you.
Page 298 - I think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.
Page 355 - Yet, as I am sensible that this can never be obtained, even with her own consent, but by war ; and its independence, which is our second interest, (and especially its independence of England,) can be secured without it...
Page 323 - I rejoice that in this blessed country of free inquiry and belief, which has surrendered its creed and conscience to neither kings nor priests, the genuine doctrine of one only God is reviving, and I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.
Page 203 - I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Page 258 - We have experienced what we did not then believe, that there exists both profligacy and power enough to exclude us from the field of interchange with other nations : that to be independent for the comforts of life we must fabricate them ourselves. We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist.
Page 418 - But I cannot describe the wonder and mortification with which the table conversations filled me. Politics were the chief topic, and a preference of kingly over republican government, was evidently the favorite sentiment.
Page 257 - You tell me I am quoted by those who wish to continue our dependence on England for manufactures. There was a time when I might have been so quoted with more candor, but within the thirty years which have since elapsed, how are circumstances changed!