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“The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.”

Book:Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson

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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson

This compilation offers a comprehensive look into the personal and professional life of Thomas Jefferson, showcasing his thoughts, experiences, and insights through a variety of written forms. more

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States, a distinguished politician, philosopher, architect, and scientist. He was born on April 13, 1743, and died on July 4, 1826. Jefferson advocated for democracy and freedom in politics and was one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence. His political ideas had a profound impact on the founding and development of the United States. more

“We may say with truth and meaning, that governments are more or less republican, as they have more or less of the element of popular election and control in their composition; and believing as I do, that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights and especially that the evils flowing from the duperies of the people are less injurious than those from the egoism of their agents, I am a friend to that composition of government which has in it the most of this ingredient.”

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Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

“Debt and revolution are inseparable as cause and effect.”

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Book:The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Jefferson Bible,

Source: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Jefferson Bible,

“My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference of political opinion. Malversations in office, and the exerting of official influence to control the freedom of election are good causes for removal.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.”

Self Government Past Generations Self-government

Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

“The States should be watchful to note every material usurpation on their rights; to denounce them as they occur in the most peremptory terms; to protest against them as wrongs to which our present submission shall be considered, not as acknowledgments or precedents of rights, but as a temporary yielding to the lesser evil, until their accumulation shall overweigh that of separation.”