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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... delegated powers the doctrine that all governmental power is delegated by the people , in whom it ultimately resides ; that there are rightfully no inherent governmental powers ; that government is the grantee of powers , and not the ...
... delegated powers the doctrine that all governmental power is delegated by the people , in whom it ultimately resides ; that there are rightfully no inherent governmental powers ; that government is the grantee of powers , and not the ...
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... delegated to each other government which controls him , in pro- portion as it is further away ; until finally , the least of all jurisdiction is delegated to that government , which is most distant from him and which he can watch least ...
... delegated to each other government which controls him , in pro- portion as it is further away ; until finally , the least of all jurisdiction is delegated to that government , which is most distant from him and which he can watch least ...
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... delegate of a single State , who , if he had been present instead of absent , would have carried the decision the other way . I have never seen it myself , but his bill , or ordinance , by which slavery was to be prohibited in all the ...
... delegate of a single State , who , if he had been present instead of absent , would have carried the decision the other way . I have never seen it myself , but his bill , or ordinance , by which slavery was to be prohibited in all the ...
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... Delegates on October 7th . Five days after that , in such a hurry was he to strike while the iron was hot , he took his first steps towards effecting the gigantic reforms to which I have referred . To use his own language , he thought ...
... Delegates on October 7th . Five days after that , in such a hurry was he to strike while the iron was hot , he took his first steps towards effecting the gigantic reforms to which I have referred . To use his own language , he thought ...
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... delegated share of powers , and constituting truly a system of fundamental balances and checks . . . . Where every man is a sharer in the direction of his ward republic , or of some of the higher ones , and feels that he is a ...
... delegated share of powers , and constituting truly a system of fundamental balances and checks . . . . Where every man is a sharer in the direction of his ward republic , or of some of the higher ones , and feels that he is a ...
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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...