Aaron Burr Quotes
… naturally dull and stupid.
Aaron Burr, 1756-1836, U. S. Senator (Democrat, NY), Description of James Monroe
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He was describing his first face to face encounter with Southern Negro slaves. He was totally shocked as the Negroes he had seen before were mostly free Blacks in the North-—many of whom were educated and cultured. He became an even more avowed abolitionist but like most anti-slavery whites at the time did not see the majority of Blacks as equal. See Abraham Lincoln: {587773}.
Taft was not unintelligent. He was actually quite bright which is one of the reasons that TR selected him as VP and supported Taft for President in 1908. Taft did have an aversion to confrontation and political battle, and he was unable deal with the conservatives of his Party to maintain some independence and continue the TR progressive reforms. Roosevelt, who had been a very close friend of Taft, was disillusioned with the Taft Presidency and ran against him in the 1912 Republican Primary.
See {620027} for an example of Feith’s logic.
Aaron Burr Jr. was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805. Burr's legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexander Hamilton that culminated in Burr killing Hamilton in the famous Burr–Hamilton duel in 1804.
