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| President Thomas Jefferson |
| 1801 - 1808 |
| Third President of the united States of America - Author of the Declaration of Independence |
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| 1743 - 1826 |
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"I have sworn
upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." |
| IF PEOPLE LET GOVERNMENT DECIDE WHAT FOODS THEY EAT AND WHAT MEDICINES THEY TAKE, THEIR BODIES WILL SOON BE IN AS SORRY A STATE AS ARE THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO LIVE UNDER TYRANNY. |
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| Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States, was this nation's greatest champion of representative government and the rights of man. He was our most eloquent spokesman on the founding principles of American self-government. As he himself said, "I know my own principles to be pure and therefore am not ashamed of them. On the contrary, I wish them known and therefore willingly express them to everyone. They are the same I have acted on from the year 1775 to this day, and are the same, I am sure, with those of the great body of the American people." (letter to Samuel Smith, 1798) |
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| I. The Fundamentals of Government |
| Inalienable Rights |
| Securing Rights |
| Moral Principles |
| Moral Degeneracy |
| The Sovereignty of the People |
| The Safest Depository |
| II. The Theory of Republican Government |
| Republican Principles |
| Majority Rule |
| Self-Government |
| Good Government |
| Governed by Reason |
| Difference of Opinion |
| Political Parties |
| V. Citizen Rights in a Republic |
| Civil Rights |
Freedom of Conscience The Right to Bear Arms Other Rights |
| Juridical Rights |
Trial by Jury |
| Property Rights |
| Freedom of the Press |
| Freedom of Religion |
| VI. The Prospects for Self-Government |
| Duties of Citizens |
| The Spread of Self-Government |
| Revolution and Reformation |
| The Future of Democracy in America |
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