Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson and the Tree of Liberty
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 8th June 2024In 1787 the new US Constitution had just been constructed. William Stephens Smith the son-in-law of John Adams sent Jefferson a copy. Jefferson was minister to France and was in Paris at the time. The letter he wrote thanked Smith for sending him the document which he had not received by the time of the…
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Quotation of the Week
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 25th November 2012If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges, and Governors, shall all become wolves. Thomas Jefferson Letter to Edward Carrington Paris, Jan. 16, 1787
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