The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies to public addresses. Indian addresses. Miscellaneous: 1. Notes on Virginia; 2. Biographical sketches of distinguished men; 3. The batture at New OrleansTaylor & Maury, 1854 |
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... Fellow Citizens : — CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country , I avail myself of the presence of that por- tion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled , to express my grateful thanks for ...
... Fellow Citizens : — CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country , I avail myself of the presence of that por- tion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled , to express my grateful thanks for ...
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... fellow citizens , unite with one heart and one mind . Let us restore to social in- tercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things . And let us reflect that having banished from our ...
... fellow citizens , unite with one heart and one mind . Let us restore to social in- tercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things . And let us reflect that having banished from our ...
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... fellow citizens , resulting not from birth but from our actions . and their sense of them ; enlightened by a benign religion , pro- fessed , indeed , and practiced in various forms , yet all of them in- cluding honesty , truth ...
... fellow citizens , resulting not from birth but from our actions . and their sense of them ; enlightened by a benign religion , pro- fessed , indeed , and practiced in various forms , yet all of them in- cluding honesty , truth ...
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... fellow citizens , on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you , it is proper that you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government , and consequently those which ought to ...
... fellow citizens , on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you , it is proper that you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government , and consequently those which ought to ...
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... fellow citizens , to the post you have assigned me . With experience enough in subordinate offices to have seen the difficulties of this , the greatest of all , I have learned to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect ...
... fellow citizens , to the post you have assigned me . With experience enough in subordinate offices to have seen the difficulties of this , the greatest of all , I have learned to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect ...
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Página 4 - ... the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 4 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason ; freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected ; — these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 2 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand, undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 311 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 382 - Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous.
Página 362 - ... bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason that convention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this basis, that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct, so that no person should exercise the powers of more than one of them at the same time.
Página 2 - I here see remind me that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal on which to rely under all difficulties. To you then, gentlemen, who are charged with the sovereign functions of legislation, and to those associated with you, I look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked amidst the conflicting elements of a troubled world.
Página 3 - Still one thing more, fellow citizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Página 5 - The approbation implied by your suffrage is a consolation to me for the past; and my future solicitude will be to retain the good opinion of those who have bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that of others by doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental to the happiness and freedom of all. Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make....
Página 353 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first Colony in Virginia.