Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph1829 |
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... suppose this paroxysm con- fined to Paris alone . The whole country must pass succes- sively through it , and happy if they get through it as soon and as well as Paris has done . I went yesterday to Versailles , to satisfy myself what ...
... suppose this paroxysm con- fined to Paris alone . The whole country must pass succes- sively through it , and happy if they get through it as soon and as well as Paris has done . I went yesterday to Versailles , to satisfy myself what ...
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... suppose them low and precarious , because , some days , we are allowed to buy but half or three fourths of the daily al- lowance of our families . Yet as the wheat harvest must begin within ten days or a fortnight , we are in hopes ...
... suppose them low and precarious , because , some days , we are allowed to buy but half or three fourths of the daily al- lowance of our families . Yet as the wheat harvest must begin within ten days or a fortnight , we are in hopes ...
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... suppose him used merely as a tool , because of his immense wealth , and that he acquired a certain degree of popularity by his first opposition to the government , then credited to him as upon virtuous mo- tives . He is certainly ...
... suppose him used merely as a tool , because of his immense wealth , and that he acquired a certain degree of popularity by his first opposition to the government , then credited to him as upon virtuous mo- tives . He is certainly ...
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... suppose the pis aller of their affairs , while their probable event is a peaceable set- tlement of them . They fear a war from England , Holland , and Prussia . I think England will give money , but not make war . Holland would soon be ...
... suppose the pis aller of their affairs , while their probable event is a peaceable set- tlement of them . They fear a war from England , Holland , and Prussia . I think England will give money , but not make war . Holland would soon be ...
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... suppose to be self - evident , that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it . The portion occupied by any individual ceases to be his when himself ceases to be , and reverts to ...
... suppose to be self - evident , that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it . The portion occupied by any individual ceases to be his when himself ceases to be , and reverts to ...
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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?