The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Band 3Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... believe it would be no more , and that this measure will cost France , and perhaps not very long hence , a war which will anni- hilate her on the ocean , and place that element under the despotism of two nations , which I am not ...
... believe it would be no more , and that this measure will cost France , and perhaps not very long hence , a war which will anni- hilate her on the ocean , and place that element under the despotism of two nations , which I am not ...
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... believe I sent them to you a year or two ago . If you have them , I shall be glad to receive them at Monticello , where I shall be on this day se'nnight . I inclose you a paper , which shows the Tories mean to pervert these charities to ...
... believe I sent them to you a year or two ago . If you have them , I shall be glad to receive them at Monticello , where I shall be on this day se'nnight . I inclose you a paper , which shows the Tories mean to pervert these charities to ...
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... believe to have been an ardent Federalist . Entries of gratuities of equal amount to other individuals occur on several occasions , where we have no means of tracing the politics of the individual . The sums contributed by him to ...
... believe to have been an ardent Federalist . Entries of gratuities of equal amount to other individuals occur on several occasions , where we have no means of tracing the politics of the individual . The sums contributed by him to ...
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... believe we have fairly represented the intention of the Pre- sident . In many cases , the lands sold by them were of no use to them whatever , and were not even used for hunting . And the President believed that if the arts of civilized ...
... believe we have fairly represented the intention of the Pre- sident . In many cases , the lands sold by them were of no use to them whatever , and were not even used for hunting . And the President believed that if the arts of civilized ...
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... believe they expect about the same time to get back to Dunlora . I wrote to Mr. Eppes yesterday . Be assured of my most affectionate and tender love to yourself and kiss Francis for me . My cordial salutations to the family at Eppington ...
... believe they expect about the same time to get back to Dunlora . I wrote to Mr. Eppes yesterday . Be assured of my most affectionate and tender love to yourself and kiss Francis for me . My cordial salutations to the family at Eppington ...
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Seite 548 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Seite 595 - 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.
Seite 548 - That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government ; but that by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Seite 573 - Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a...
Seite 154 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...
Seite 550 - In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief, by the chains of the Constitution.
Seite 283 - Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.
Seite 183 - I congratulate you, fellow citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country, have long been eager to proscribe.
Seite 493 - Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. 6. We never repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened. 9. Take things always by their smooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten before you speak ; if very angry, an...
Seite 548 - Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, all lawful powers respecting the same did of right remain, and were reserved to the States, or to the people : That thus was manifested their determination to retain to themselves the right of judging how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press may be abridged without lessening their useful freedom, and how far those abuses which cannot be separated from their use should be tolerated rather than the use be destroyed...