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Page 455 - I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against ] every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Page 249 - There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents ; for with these it would belong to the first class.
Page 507 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market...
Page 344 - But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened, and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence.
Page 312 - Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
Page 508 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 433 - Canons for observation in practical life. 1. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you.
Page 402 - One nation, most of all, could disturb us in this pursuit; she now offers to lead, aid, and accompany us in it. By acceding to her proposition, we detach her from the bands, bring her mighty weight into the scale of free government, and emancipate a continent at one stroke, which might otherwise linger long in doubt and difficulty.
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| Title | Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies from the Papers of T. Jefferson, Volumes 3-4 Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies from the Papers of T. Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson |
| Author | Thomas Jefferson |
| Publisher | F. Carr & Company, 1829 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 11, 2007 |
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