The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont. Reports and opinions while Secretary of StateTaylor & Maury, 1854 - United States |
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... leave no screen of a council behind which to skulk from responsibility . It has been thought that the people are not ... leaving nomination in its proper place , among executive functions , the principle of the distribution . of power is ...
... leave no screen of a council behind which to skulk from responsibility . It has been thought that the people are not ... leaving nomination in its proper place , among executive functions , the principle of the distribution . of power is ...
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... leaving all , this year , this day , this hour . If it could be doubted whether we would go back to twenty - five , how can it be whether we would go forward from seventy - three ? Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect , but of all 26 ...
... leaving all , this year , this day , this hour . If it could be doubted whether we would go back to twenty - five , how can it be whether we would go forward from seventy - three ? Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect , but of all 26 ...
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... leave them , as heretofore , to grope on in the dark . Our family at Monticello is all in good health ; Ellen speaking of you with affection , and Mrs. Randolph always regretting the accident which so far deprived her of the happiness ...
... leave them , as heretofore , to grope on in the dark . Our family at Monticello is all in good health ; Ellen speaking of you with affection , and Mrs. Randolph always regretting the accident which so far deprived her of the happiness ...
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... leave no authority existing not responsible to the people ; whose rights , however , to the exercise and fruits of their own industry , can never be protected against the selfishness of rulers not subject to their control at short ...
... leave no authority existing not responsible to the people ; whose rights , however , to the exercise and fruits of their own industry , can never be protected against the selfishness of rulers not subject to their control at short ...
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... leave to those who are to live under it , the settlement of their own constitution , and to pass in peace the remainder of my time . If those opinions are sound , they will occur to others , and will prevail by their own weight ...
... leave to those who are to live under it , the settlement of their own constitution , and to pass in peace the remainder of my time . If those opinions are sound , they will occur to others , and will prevail by their own weight ...
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Page 13 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.
Page 14 - 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 402 - Who to his plighted vows and trust has ever firmly stood ; And though he promise to his loss, he makes his promise good.
Page 636 - REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE PRIvILEGES AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Page 192 - The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners, constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric.
Page 316 - 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.
Page 196 - This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate error so long as reason is left free to combat it.
Page 263 - I look to the diffusion of light and education, as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue, and advancing the happiness, of man.
Page 26 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven.
Page 192 - Having found, from experience, that impeachment is an impracticable thing, a mere scare-crow, they consider themselves secure for life ; they sculk from responsibility to public opinion, the only remaining hold on them, under a practice first introduced into England by Lord Mansfield. An opinion is huddled up in conclave, perhaps by a majority of one, delivered as if unanimous, and with the silent acquiescence of lazy or timid associates, by a crafty chief judge, who sophisticates the law to his...