WHO WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON??
READ IT ALL---SOBERING IN LIGHT OF THE SHISTERS IN WASHINGTON.--- READ TO THE END.
It's never to late to learn something.
This is amazing. There are two parts. Be sure to read the 2nd
part (in RED). Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.
-At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.
-At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
-At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
-At 16, entered the College of William and Mary. Also could
write in Greek with one hand while writing the same
in Latin with the other.
-At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
-At 23, started his own law practice.
-At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
-At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of
the Rights of British America ? And retired from
his law practice.
-At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
-At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .
-At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code
and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for
Religious Freedom.
-At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia
succeeding Patrick Henry.
-At 40, served in Congress for two years.
-At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated
commercial treaties with European nations along with
Ben Franklin and John Adams.
-At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George
Washington.
-At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president
of the American Philosophical Society.
-At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active
head of Republican Party.
-At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.
-At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size..
-At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
-At 65, retired to Monticello .
-At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
-At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of
Virginia and served as its first president.
-At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the
Declaration of Independence along with John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous
failed attempts at government. He understood actual history,
the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens
to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of
the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception
of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars
of the world."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the
pretense of taking care of them."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep
and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the
issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation,
the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks
will deprive the people of all property - until their children
wakeup homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
I wish we could get this out to everyone!
READ IT ALL---SOBERING IN LIGHT OF THE SHISTERS IN WASHINGTON.--- READ TO THE END.
It's never to late to learn something.
This is amazing. There are two parts. Be sure to read the 2nd
part (in RED). Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.
-At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.
-At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
-At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
-At 16, entered the College of William and Mary. Also could
write in Greek with one hand while writing the same
in Latin with the other.
-At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
-At 23, started his own law practice.
-At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
-At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of
the Rights of British America ? And retired from
his law practice.
-At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
-At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .
-At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code
and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for
Religious Freedom.
-At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia
succeeding Patrick Henry.
-At 40, served in Congress for two years.
-At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated
commercial treaties with European nations along with
Ben Franklin and John Adams.
-At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George
Washington.
-At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president
of the American Philosophical Society.
-At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active
head of Republican Party.
-At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.
-At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size..
-At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
-At 65, retired to Monticello .
-At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
-At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of
Virginia and served as its first president.
-At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the
Declaration of Independence along with John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous
failed attempts at government. He understood actual history,
the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens
to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of
the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception
of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars
of the world."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the
pretense of taking care of them."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep
and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the
issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation,
the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks
will deprive the people of all property - until their children
wakeup homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
I wish we could get this out to everyone!
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