The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volumen3Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... natural friend , as one with which we never could have an occasion of difference . Her growth , therefore , we ... nature , brings on its necessary effect . It is not from a fear of France that we deprecate this measure proposed by ...
... natural friend , as one with which we never could have an occasion of difference . Her growth , therefore , we ... nature , brings on its necessary effect . It is not from a fear of France that we deprecate this measure proposed by ...
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... nature in the management of Federalists . The populous cities ought particularly to be attended to ; perhaps it would be well to institute in such places - 1st , societies for the relief of emigrants ; 2d , academies , each with one ...
... nature in the management of Federalists . The populous cities ought particularly to be attended to ; perhaps it would be well to institute in such places - 1st , societies for the relief of emigrants ; 2d , academies , each with one ...
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... natural that these friendships should bear some proportion to the common interests of the parties . The interesting relations between Great Britain and the United States , are certainly of the first order ; and as such are estimated ...
... natural that these friendships should bear some proportion to the common interests of the parties . The interesting relations between Great Britain and the United States , are certainly of the first order ; and as such are estimated ...
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... nature in a hideous form . It gives me concern , because I perceive that relief , which was afforded him on mere motives of charity , may be viewed under the aspect of employing him as a writer . When the Political Progress of Britain ...
... nature in a hideous form . It gives me concern , because I perceive that relief , which was afforded him on mere motives of charity , may be viewed under the aspect of employing him as a writer . When the Political Progress of Britain ...
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... nature in what I have to say . " On the 16th , he resumed and finished his remarks , in the Senate , in a similar vein ; and in conclusion moved the follow- ing resolutions : Resolved , That the United States have an indisputable right ...
... nature in what I have to say . " On the 16th , he resumed and finished his remarks , in the Senate , in a similar vein ; and in conclusion moved the follow- ing resolutions : Resolved , That the United States have an indisputable right ...
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Página 548 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 595 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 548 - That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government ; but that by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Página 573 - Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a...
Página 154 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...
Página 550 - In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief, by the chains of the Constitution.
Página 283 - Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.
Página 183 - I congratulate you, fellow citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country, have long been eager to proscribe.
Página 493 - Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. 6. We never repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened. 9. Take things always by their smooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten before you speak ; if very angry, an...
Página 548 - Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, all lawful powers respecting the same did of right remain, and were reserved to the States, or to the people : That thus was manifested their determination to retain to themselves the right of judging how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press may be abridged without lessening their useful freedom, and how far those abuses which cannot be separated from their use should be tolerated rather than the use be destroyed...