Thomas Jefferson, His Permanent Influence on American InstitutionsLooks at the influence of Thomas Jefferson as a Virginian, a revolutionist, a diplomat, and as President of the United States. |
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... UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI 1754 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1893 PRESS IN - LITTERIS LIBERTAS Dew Bork COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1913 All rights reserved SG THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 604481 ASTOR , LENOX AND. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ...
... UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI 1754 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1893 PRESS IN - LITTERIS LIBERTAS Dew Bork COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1913 All rights reserved SG THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 604481 ASTOR , LENOX AND. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ...
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... disliked special privilege and its beneficiaries and upholders . There is no American about whom more has been written than Mr. Jefferson . In addition to the stand- ard histories of the United States and what they record vii.
... disliked special privilege and its beneficiaries and upholders . There is no American about whom more has been written than Mr. Jefferson . In addition to the stand- ard histories of the United States and what they record vii.
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John Sharp Williams. ard histories of the United States and what they record concerning him , there is a distinct Jeffersonian bibli- ography . The list below , under the heading " Bibli- ography , " contains articles , pamphlets , and ...
John Sharp Williams. ard histories of the United States and what they record concerning him , there is a distinct Jeffersonian bibli- ography . The list below , under the heading " Bibli- ography , " contains articles , pamphlets , and ...
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... United States and Mexico and the Central American republics have the same institutions ; and England and Italy and Germany , all being " limited monarchies " with so - called " responsible parliamentary ministries , " have the same ...
... United States and Mexico and the Central American republics have the same institutions ; and England and Italy and Germany , all being " limited monarchies " with so - called " responsible parliamentary ministries , " have the same ...
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... Revolutionary committees of correspondence ; first , for making and keeping a united front between the towns in Massachusetts , upon the motion of Samuel Adams , and afterwards , for securing this same harmony of action THE REVOLUTIONIST 9.
... Revolutionary committees of correspondence ; first , for making and keeping a united front between the towns in Massachusetts , upon the motion of Samuel Adams , and afterwards , for securing this same harmony of action THE REVOLUTIONIST 9.
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Page 250 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 259 - I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against ] every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Page 288 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 81 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Page 209 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 218 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 23 - Though a silent member in Congress, he was so prompt, frank, explicit, and decisive upon committees and in conversation, not even Samuel Adams was more so, that he soon seized upon my heart...
Page 136 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-atlantic affairs.
Page 205 - Not so can it ever be in the hands of France. The impetuosity of her temper, the energy and restlessness of her character...