The life of Thomas Jefferson, Utgave 114,Volum 3 |
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... ment must necessarily considerably vary in kind from those of one surrounded by a family of both sexes : Secretary Provisions Fuel Analysis of Expenditures from March 4 , 1801 , to March 4 , 1802 . Miscellaneous Servants . • Groceries ...
... ment must necessarily considerably vary in kind from those of one surrounded by a family of both sexes : Secretary Provisions Fuel Analysis of Expenditures from March 4 , 1801 , to March 4 , 1802 . Miscellaneous Servants . • Groceries ...
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... ment . Yet on the 14th , Ross , of Pennsylvania , commenced in the latter body a very inflammatory speech , accusing the gov- ernment of tamely sacrificing the interests of our western States . On denouncing the attempt to purchase the ...
... ment . Yet on the 14th , Ross , of Pennsylvania , commenced in the latter body a very inflammatory speech , accusing the gov- ernment of tamely sacrificing the interests of our western States . On denouncing the attempt to purchase the ...
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... ment . " We have long been sensible , brothers , of the great injury you receive from an immoderate use of spirituous liquors ; and although it be profitable to us to make and sell these liquors , yet we value more the preservation of ...
... ment . " We have long been sensible , brothers , of the great injury you receive from an immoderate use of spirituous liquors ; and although it be profitable to us to make and sell these liquors , yet we value more the preservation of ...
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... ment . The former , however , directed the minister to urge upon France " an abandonment of her present purpose . " Those of the 1st directed him to endeavor to ascertain at what price she would relinquish the Floridas - those of the ...
... ment . The former , however , directed the minister to urge upon France " an abandonment of her present purpose . " Those of the 1st directed him to endeavor to ascertain at what price she would relinquish the Floridas - those of the ...
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... ment and country . " So far as official written instructions were concerned , this was true ; but both Livingston's official and Jefferson's inofficial letters show that it was an erroneous view - show that procur- ing Louisiana had ...
... ment and country . " So far as official written instructions were concerned , this was true ; but both Livingston's official and Jefferson's inofficial letters show that it was an erroneous view - show that procur- ing Louisiana had ...
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Side 611 - The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
Side 608 - That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government ; but that by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Side 68 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Side 640 - But, 1 know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Side 608 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Side 659 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Side 631 - His mind was great and powerful without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Side 124 - I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life; who has covered our infancy with his providence, and our riper years with his wisdom and power...
Side 480 - Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all, on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world.
Side 640 - 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.