THOMAS JEFFERSON
TIMELINE:
At 5, began studying under his cousins
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 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 QUOTES:
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!!!