The article discusses the research librarian at the Jefferson Library at Monticello, Virginia Anna Berkes' assertion that a quotation attributed to the U.S. Founding Father and U.S. President Thomas Jefferson on the relationship between tyranny and citizens' political activity is incorrect. An ...
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In the history of America, Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State, and Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, were two of the greatest leaders of our country. Although they both lead the country, that's where the similarities end as they had opposing views on everything. Jefferson was ...
Jefferson emerges as a key figure, using his eloquence to inspire others to stand up against what they see as tyranny. The episode captures the spirit of rebellion and the desire for liberty that ignites a movement. When the colonists finally reach their breaking point, the weight of the ...
Jefferson Challenges the King The future president went on to call the institution of slavery “piratical warfare,”“execrable commerce” and an “assemblage of horrors.” He then criticized the crown for “...exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty ...
In Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 19, iii. Science quotes on: | Birth (154) | First (1302) | Freedom (145) He who made us would have been a pitiful bungler if he had made ...
Thomas Jefferson Quotes on Politics and Tyranny 57. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” 58. “I hope our wisdom will grow with our power and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater ...
— Thomas Jefferson Cite This Quote Quote source:Notes on Religion (October 1776), published inThe Writings of Thomas Jefferson : 1816–1826(1899) edited by Paul Leicester Ford, v. 2, p. 102 “In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence ...
“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.” “War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.” Thomas Jefferson Quotes on Tyranny and Oppression ...
57. “I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.”―Thomas Jefferson 58. “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”―Thomas Jefferson ...