\nThomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.<\/p>\n
\tAt 5, began
\n\tstudying under his cousin’s tutor.<\/p>\n
\tAt 9, studied
\n\tLatin, Greek and French.<\/p>\n
\tAt 14, studied
\n\tclassical literature and additional languages.<\/p>\n
\tAt 16, entered
\n\tthe College of William and Mary.
\n\tAlso could write in Greek with one hand
\n\twhile writing the same in Latin with the other.<\/p>\n
\tAt 19, studied
\n\tLaw for 5 years starting under George Wythe.<\/p>\n
\tAt 23, started
\n\this own law practice.<\/p>\n
\tAt 25, was
\n\telected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.<\/p>\n
\tAt 31, wrote the
\n\twidely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" And
\n\tretired from his law practice.<\/p>\n
\tAt 32, was a
\n\tdelegate to the Second Continental Congress.<\/p>\n
\tAt 33, wrote the
\n\tDeclaration of Independence.<\/p>\n
\tAt 33, took
\n\tthree years to revise Virginia’s legal code and wrote a Public Education
\n\tbill and a statute for Religious Freedom.<\/p>\n
\tAt 36, was
\n\telected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick
\n\tHenry.<\/p>\n
\tAt 40, served in
\n\tCongress for two years.<\/p>\n
\tAt 41, was the
\n\tAmerican minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams..<\/p>\n
\tAt 46, served as
\n\tthe first Secretary of State under George Washington.<\/p>\n
\tAt 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.<\/p>\n
\tAt 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.<\/p>\n
\tAt 57, was
\n\telected the third president of the United States.<\/p>\n
\tAt 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation’s size.<\/p>\n
\tAt 61, was elected to a second term as President.<\/p>\n
\tAt 65, retired to Monticello ..<\/p>\n
\tAt 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.<\/p>\n
\tAt 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.<\/p>\n
\tAt 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams.<\/p>\n
\tThomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government.
\n\tHe 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.<\/p>\n
\tJefferson really knew his stuff.<\/p>\n
\tvoice from the past to lead us in the future:<\/p>\n
\tJohn 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."<\/p>\n
\n\t"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,we shall become as corrupt as Europe ."–
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
\n\t—
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"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
\n\tworld."
\n\t—
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"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."–
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."–
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."–
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"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
\n\tgovernment."
\n\t—
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."–
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\t"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
\n\t—
\n\tThomas
\n\tJefferson<\/p>\n
\tThomas
\n\tJefferson said in 1802:
\n\t"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.<\/p>\n
\tIf 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
\n\tconquered."<\/p>\n
Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on February 11, 2015, 12:48 am<\/p>\n \tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Mr Finesse on February 14, 2015, 11:39 am<\/p>\n 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….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee-chat-lounge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}