Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph1829 |
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Page 59
... opinion . They were settled by a single and unanimous vote : but the domes- tic debt requiring modifications and settlements , these produce great difference of opinion , and consequently retard the pas- sage of the funding bill . The ...
... opinion . They were settled by a single and unanimous vote : but the domes- tic debt requiring modifications and settlements , these produce great difference of opinion , and consequently retard the pas- sage of the funding bill . The ...
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... cod fisheries , which had been transmitted by your Excellency , with an instruction to exa- mine the matter thereof , and report my opinion thereupon to the next session of Congress . To prepare such a report THOMAS JEFFERSON . 73 3333.
... cod fisheries , which had been transmitted by your Excellency , with an instruction to exa- mine the matter thereof , and report my opinion thereupon to the next session of Congress . To prepare such a report THOMAS JEFFERSON . 73 3333.
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... opinion was the general opinion . But the sentiments of the great mass of the union were decidedly otherwise then , and the very persons to whom Mr. Gardoqui alluded , have now come over to the opinion heartily , that the navigation of ...
... opinion was the general opinion . But the sentiments of the great mass of the union were decidedly otherwise then , and the very persons to whom Mr. Gardoqui alluded , have now come over to the opinion heartily , that the navigation of ...
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... opinion , to send any at that time . Before the vessel arrived in St. Domingo , the Assembly , further urged by the appearance of danger , sent two deputies more , with larger demands ; viz . eight thousand fusils and bayonets , two ...
... opinion , to send any at that time . Before the vessel arrived in St. Domingo , the Assembly , further urged by the appearance of danger , sent two deputies more , with larger demands ; viz . eight thousand fusils and bayonets , two ...
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... opinion of the judges , absent as well as present , that Pagan was not entitled to a new trial for any of the causes mentioned in the said resolve , and added , that the court intended to put their opinions upon paper , and to file them ...
... opinion of the judges , absent as well as present , that Pagan was not entitled to a new trial for any of the causes mentioned in the said resolve , and added , that the court intended to put their opinions upon paper , and to file them ...
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Page 131 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 298 - But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
Page 298 - We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
Page 298 - 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. I knew that age well : I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading :...
Page 521 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The executive in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution. The Legislature in casting behind them metaphysical subtleties, and risking themselves like faithful servants, must ratify and pay for it, and throw themselves on their country for doing for them unauthorized, what we know they...
Page 391 - Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.
Page 298 - ... 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. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading;...
Page 287 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 332 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union.
Page 232 - And indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed man for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of society. May we not even say, that that form of government is the best, which provides the most effectually for a pure selection of these natural aristoi into the offices of government?