The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of stateH. W. Derby, 1859 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
affectionate ancient assurances authority become believe bill body certainly character Cicero circumstances citizens confidence Congress constitution copy course Dæmon dear Sir DEAR SIR,-I doctrines dollars doubt duty election England Epicurus equal established esteem and respect Europe fear federal France friends friendship give Greek hands happiness hope human ingulphing institution interest Jesuits Jesus JOHN ADAMS judges labor language late legislature letter live Louis XVIII matter Mecklenberg county memory ment mind Missouri MONTICELLO moral nation never object opinion paper party peace Peyton Randolph Plato pleasure political POPLAR FOREST present principles proposed question reason received religion render republican request revolution salute Samuel Adams sects sentiments sincere society Spain spect Staphorsts suppose things THOMAS JEFFERSON thought tion truth Unitarianism United Virginia whig whole wish words writing
Passagens conhecidas
Página 6 - 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.
Página 307 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe, and peculiarly her own.
Página 576 - REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE PRIvILEGES AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Página 188 - This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate error so long as reason is left free to combat it.
Página 255 - I look to the diffusion of light and education, as the resource most to be relied on, for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man. That every man shall be made virtuous, by any process whatever, is, indeed, no more to be expected than that every tree shall be made to bear fruit, and every plant nourishment — the...
Página 19 - Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests and kings, as she can. What a colossus shall we be when the southern continent comes up to our mark! What a stand will it secure as a ralliance for the reason and freedom of the globe! I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night ! I will dream on, always fancying that Mrs.
Página 18 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven.
Página 382 - Nor hearken to a false report, by malice whispered round. Who vice in all its pomp and power, can treat with just neglect ; And piety, though clothed in rags, religiously respect. Who to his plighted vows and trust has ever firmly stood ; And though he promise to his loss, he makes his promise good. Whose soul in usury disdains his treasure to employ ; Whom no rewards can ever bribe the guiltless to destroy.
Página 171 - I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.
Página 525 - ... breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth: It is further stipulated, that the vessels belonging to the subjects of either nation shall not be stopped, visited, or subjected to the payment of any duty whatsoever.