Thomas Jefferson ... Thx Paul C!

    THOMAS Jefferson 


       This is amazing. There are two parts. 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 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

       Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

       "I believe that banking institutions are more
       dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

       If the American people ever allow private banks
       to control the issue of their currency, first by
       inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on
       the continent their fathers conquered."

       I wish we could get this out to every
       American! I'm doing my part. So Please do
       yours.