Subject: Fwd: Thomas Jefferson
If Thomas Jefferson were president now i think our country would be in better shape. Actually he would have had to be here a few presidents ago…lol the last entry on here i think is the best!
carol aka oz
Thank you Nancy for sending this. interesting.
How true this is!!
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.
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 Virginias 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 wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers
conquered.
I wish we could get this out to everyone!!!
I'm doing my part. Please do yours......