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Subj:  A little Thomas Jefferson history

Thomas   Jefferson   His Portrait is on the Two $2.00    Dollar Bill.   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.    Please do    yours.