Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SOME.......IT SHOULD BE MEMORIZED, & RE-READ AT "EVERY E******N"!..{ SURELY, WOULD "ELIMINATE" LIBERALS!}

Thomas Jefferson was a remarkable and accomplished man.

Thomas Jefferson
His portrait is on the $2.00 Dollar Bill.

This is amazing. There are two parts to this.
Be sure to read the 2nd part (in RED ).


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.


At 16, entered
the College of William and Mary.
Also could write in Greek with one hand,
while writing the same in Latin with the other.


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 the
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 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


I wish we could get this out to every American!

I'm doing my part.

So Please do yours.

mark medicus

Even though I'm a democrat I totally agree, we are out of control...

bahmer

Amen and Amen

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Conservatives and moderate democrats understand but the liberal / Progressives which now makes up 90% of the democrat party all believe they are much smarter than Jefferson and that his ideals are out dated. "Calling themselves wise, they become fools"

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everyone stands around reloading."
Thomas Jefferson.

jenada77

Wow, I actually agree with something that JFK said. That's a first. Jefferson was indeed a brilliant man. His words resonate throughout our history and are as relevant today as the day he penned them. We would be wise to take heed to his council.

Mike Easterday

Unfortunately the educated i***ts fail to understand the intelligence of Thomas Jefferson. They also fail to learn from history in general. Sad !

jenada77

Agreed. We have become a nation of buffoons. It is sad just how stupid the general public is in this country. When they cannot identify key people in the administration of the US presidency, but they all seem to be able to tell you who Jay Z is, and every member of the Kardashian family, it is truly a sad state of affairs. And these are our college graduates! Ask random people on the street who is 3rd in line for the presidency if you really want to get a good gauge of the stupidity. It is frightening.

JRuss

while in France, Thomas Jefferson was introduced to the Metric System which he fully understood. He tried to get Congress to adopt it because of its simplicity compared to English System of measure with its weird units. At least Jefferson insisted that our money system be a decimal system and have the worth of dollar based on a given amount of gold. http://science2.fartoomuch.info/ .