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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... desire to remain in peace , but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack . The measure was seasonable and salutary . The bey had already declared war in form . His cruisers were out . Two had arrived at ...
... desire to remain in peace , but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack . The measure was seasonable and salutary . The bey had already declared war in form . His cruisers were out . Two had arrived at ...
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... desire a pro- hibition of that article from being carried among them . The legislature will consider whether the effectuating that desire would not be in the spirit of benevolence and liberality which they have hitherto practised toward ...
... desire a pro- hibition of that article from being carried among them . The legislature will consider whether the effectuating that desire would not be in the spirit of benevolence and liberality which they have hitherto practised toward ...
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... desire the happiness and prosperity of other nations ; to those who justly calculate that their own well - being is advanced by that of the nations with which they have intercourse , it will be a satisfaction to ob- serve that the war ...
... desire the happiness and prosperity of other nations ; to those who justly calculate that their own well - being is advanced by that of the nations with which they have intercourse , it will be a satisfaction to ob- serve that the war ...
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... desire of peace on proper terms . Great injury , however , ensues to our- selves as well as to others interested , from the distance to which prizes must be brought for adjudication , and from the INAUGURAL ADDRESSES AND MESSAGES . 35.
... desire of peace on proper terms . Great injury , however , ensues to our- selves as well as to others interested , from the distance to which prizes must be brought for adjudication , and from the INAUGURAL ADDRESSES AND MESSAGES . 35.
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... desire but to be undisturbed , the stream of overflowing population from other regions directed itself on these shores ; without power to divert , or habits to contend against , they have been overwhelmed by the current , or driven ...
... desire but to be undisturbed , the stream of overflowing population from other regions directed itself on these shores ; without power to divert , or habits to contend against , they have been overwhelmed by the current , or driven ...
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Página 4 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations — entangling alliances with none ; 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...
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 405 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
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 403 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
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 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 595 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Página 390 - History by apprising them of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views.
Página 501 - The next observed that the word makes might as well be omitted, because his customers would not care who made the hats; if good and to their mind they would buy, by whomsoever made. He struck it out. A third said he thought the words for ready money were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit.