Recommendable! It contains some great quotes of Thomas Jefferson!
Where are the Founding Fathers and Mothers of our time? Only in rare moments of history do so many great minds meet in one place as around the time of the Declaration of Independence! Each one outdoing the other one!
Yes, Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder of several hundred slaves. However, how did he treat his slaves? Was he cruel or was he humane?
"“A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate”"
"“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere”"
"“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give”"
"“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty”"
"“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man”"
"“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government”"
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