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Thomas Jefferson

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    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.  

Why the Marine Hymn contains "To the shores of Tripoli" ... Thx Ramey H ... That is much before we elected a m uslim president

 

Why the Marine Hymn contains the verse “to the shores of Tripoli”

 

Muslim pirates of the past:  Most Americans are unaware of the fact that over two hundred years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!

 

At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror of the Mediterranean and a large area of the North Atlantic.  They attacked every ship in sight, and held the crews for exorbitant ransoms.  Those taken hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment and wrote heart breaking letters home, begging their government and family members to pay whatever their Mohammedan captors demanded.
These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers – collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast – and presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the new American Republic. 

 

Before the Revolutionary War, U.S. merchant ships had been under the protection of Great Britain.  When the U.S. declared its independence and entered into war, the ships of the United States were protected by France.  However, once the war was won, America had to protect its own fleets.  Thus, the birth of the U.S. Navy.
Beginning in 1784, seventeen years before he would become president, Thomas Jefferson became America’s Minister to France.  That same year, the U.S. Congress sought to appease its Muslim adversaries by
following in the footsteps of European nations who paid bribes to the Barbary States, rather than engaging them in war.
In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured American ships, and the Dye of Algiers demanded an unheard-of ransom of $60,000.  It was a plain and simple case of extortion, and Thomas Jefferson was vehemently opposed to any further payments.  Instead, he proposed to Congress the formation of a coalition of allied nations who together could force the Islamic states into peace.  A disinterested Congress decided to
pay the ransom.
In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams met with Tripoli’s ambassador to Great Britain to ask by what right his nation attacked American ships and enslaved American citizens, and why Muslims held so much hostility towards America, a nation with which they had no previous contacts The two future presidents reported that Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja had answered that Islam "was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Quran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be
found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman (Muslim) who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise."

 

Despite of this stunning admission of premeditated violence on non-Muslim nations, as well as the objections of many notable American leaders, including George Washington, who warned that caving in was both wrong and would only further embolden the enemy, for the following fifteen years, the American government paid the Muslims millions of dollars for the safe passage of American ships or the return of American hostages. The payments in ransom and tribute amounted to over twenty percent of the United States government annual revenues in 1800.

 

Jefferson was disgusted.  Shortly after his being sworn in as the third President of the United States in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli sent him a note demanding the immediate payment of $225,000 plus $25,000 a year for every year forthcoming.  That changed everything.

 

Jefferson let the Pasha know, in no uncertain terms, what he could do with his demand.  The Pasha responded by cutting down the flagpole at the American consulate and declared war on the United States.  Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers immediately followed suit.  Jefferson, until now, had been against America raising a naval force for anything beyond coastal defense, but having watched his nation be cowed by Islamic
thuggery for long enough, decided that is was finally time to meet force with force.

 

He dispatched a squadron of frigates to the Mediterranean and taught the Muslim nations of the Barbary Coast a lesson he hoped they would never forget.  Congress authorized Jefferson to empower U.S. ships to
seize all vessels and goods of the Pasha of Tripoli and to “cause to be done all other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war would justify”.

 

When Algiers and Tunis, who were both accustomed to American cowardice and acquiescence, saw the newly independent United States had both the will and the might to strike back, they quickly abandoned their allegiance to Tripoli.  The war with Tripoli lasted for four more years, and raged up again in 1815.  The bravery of the U.S. Marine Corps in these wars led to the line “to the shores of Tripoli” in the Marine Hymn, and they would forever be known as “leathernecks” for the leather collars of their uniforms, designed to prevent their heads from being cut off by the Muslim scimitars when boarding enemy ships.

 

Islam, and what its Barbary followers justified doing in the name of their prophet and their god, disturbed Jefferson quite deeply. America had a tradition of religious tolerance, the fact that Jefferson, himself, had co-authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but fundamentalist Islam was like no other religion the world had ever seen.  A religion based on supremacism, whose holy book not only condoned but mandated violence against unbelievers was unacceptable to him.  His greatest fear was that someday this brand of
Islam would return and pose an even greater threat to the United States.

 

This should bother every American.  That Muslims have brought about women-only classes and swimming times at taxpayer-funded universities and public pools; that Christians, Jews, and Hindus have been banned
from serving on juries where Muslim defendants are being judged, Piggy banks and Porky Pig tissue dispensers have been banned from workplaces because they offend Islamist sensibilities.
Ice cream has been discontinued at certain Burger King locations because the picture on the wrapper looks similar to the Arabic script for Allah, public schools are pulling pork from their menus, on and on in the newspapers….

It’s death by a thousand cuts, or inch-by-inch as some refer to it, and most Americans have no idea that this battle is being waged every day across America.  By not fighting back, by allowing groups to obfuscate what is really happening, and not insisting that the Islamists adapt to our own culture, the United States is cutting its own throat with a politically correct knife, and helping to further the Islamists agenda. Sadly, it appears that today’s America would rather be politically correct than victorious.

 

Any doubts, just Google Thomas Jefferson vs the Muslim World

Thomas Jefferson Wow! Thanks Pidge F.!

  This is amazing.
*
 *
 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.*
 *
 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 everyone!
 I'm doing my part. Please do yours

Alma Holl's "Thought for the Day"

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade,

but in the sunshine of life; and

thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things,

the greater part of life is sunshine.

~ Thomas Jefferson ~

Thomas Jefferson ... Thanks Nita!

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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. 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." – ThomasJefferson "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 everyone!!! I'm doing my part. Please do yours.