The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volumen2Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... thought " the probability was but too strong " -to consult together , and if necessary , notify him to return . But if the heads of depart- ments thought they could legally and properly proceed without the immediate agency of the ...
... thought " the probability was but too strong " -to consult together , and if necessary , notify him to return . But if the heads of depart- ments thought they could legally and properly proceed without the immediate agency of the ...
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... thought so little of this note , that I did not even keep a copy of it : nor ever heard a tittle more of it , till , the week following , I was thunderstruck with seeing it come out at the head of the pamphlet . I hoped , however , it ...
... thought so little of this note , that I did not even keep a copy of it : nor ever heard a tittle more of it , till , the week following , I was thunderstruck with seeing it come out at the head of the pamphlet . I hoped , however , it ...
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... thought expressed or intimated in any public writing or private letter , and I may safely challenge all mankind to produce such a passage , and quote the chapter and verse . If you have ever put such a construction on any- thing of mine ...
... thought expressed or intimated in any public writing or private letter , and I may safely challenge all mankind to produce such a passage , and quote the chapter and verse . If you have ever put such a construction on any- thing of mine ...
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... thought , too , that no small share of a foreign influence ' in revenge for certain intractable conduct at the treaty of peace was and would be intermingled " we say , Mr. Adams's mention of these things serves to show that a vague ...
... thought , too , that no small share of a foreign influence ' in revenge for certain intractable conduct at the treaty of peace was and would be intermingled " we say , Mr. Adams's mention of these things serves to show that a vague ...
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... thought that the possibility that harm might be done overweighed the chance of good , he would expunge them , " etc. We have in this a specimen how far the writer was influenced by the subserviency to France of which he was soon ...
... thought that the possibility that harm might be done overweighed the chance of good , he would expunge them , " etc. We have in this a specimen how far the writer was influenced by the subserviency to France of which he was soon ...
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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.