I got this in an email this morning. I found it interesting, especially in light of the open carry discussion. Of course, I have no idea how much is accurate.
Thomas
Jefferson
His Portrait is on the Two $2.00 Dollar Bill.
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 wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
Thomas
Jefferson
His Portrait is on the Two $2.00 Dollar Bill.
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 wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
