The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volumen2Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... taken . ' In May , an event took place which led to some unpleasant consequences ; and it was thus described , at the moment , by Mr. Jefferson , one of the principal actors in it , in a letter to the President : PHILADELPHIA , May 8 ...
... taken . ' In May , an event took place which led to some unpleasant consequences ; and it was thus described , at the moment , by Mr. Jefferson , one of the principal actors in it , in a letter to the President : PHILADELPHIA , May 8 ...
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... taken into account , he could be shown to have believed anything or nothing . This gross inconsistency was superficial . As in the case of all honest men , there was a cer- tain central thread of consistency in his life , which liberal ...
... taken into account , he could be shown to have believed anything or nothing . This gross inconsistency was superficial . As in the case of all honest men , there was a cer- tain central thread of consistency in his life , which liberal ...
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... taken in the text . We place among them unofficial conversations on official subjects with colleagues or others properly concerned in them , even though the parties be enemies - all frank and unguarded conversations assuming a quasi ...
... taken in the text . We place among them unofficial conversations on official subjects with colleagues or others properly concerned in them , even though the parties be enemies - all frank and unguarded conversations assuming a quasi ...
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... taken as a whole , and his stainless pri- vate character , render incredible the idea that he ever knowingly and voluntarily allowed mere partisan or personal feelings to influence his action on the bench . He aimed to be an upright and ...
... taken as a whole , and his stainless pri- vate character , render incredible the idea that he ever knowingly and voluntarily allowed mere partisan or personal feelings to influence his action on the bench . He aimed to be an upright and ...
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... taken refuge in the Supreme Court , and that this power , constantly extending its encroachments , was attempting to effect that con- solidation which the powerful Federal party had broken itself down in attempting to accomplish . The ...
... taken refuge in the Supreme Court , and that this power , constantly extending its encroachments , was attempting to effect that con- solidation which the powerful Federal party had broken itself down in attempting to accomplish . The ...
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Página 625 - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others ? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him ? Let history answer this question.
Página 625 - Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind, let us restore to social intercourse, that harmony and affection without which, liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things. And let us reflect, that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little, if we countenance a political intolerance, as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Página 109 - The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated ; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.
Página 563 - 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...
Página 625 - ... divide opinions as to measures of safety; but every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans; we are all federalists.
Página 625 - 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 69 - Treasury to digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of public credit...
Página 394 - ... the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to stir up sedition within the United States; or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any act of the President of the United States, done in pursuance of any such law, or of the powers in him vested by the Constitution of the United States...
Página 394 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Página 293 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government, which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.