Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth against the ascendancy of the people.
This quotation shows why the wealthy aristocracy hated Jefferson although he himself was one of them. In this sense he was the forerunner of Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt (see {585244},) the latter of which was called a traitor to his class.
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), Letter to Samuel Kercheval, 1816
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See {585243} for his most eloquent term.
This was published after he died.
She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
In 1927 there was a Peasant Uprising in the Hunan Province of China. Young Mau went there and wrote a report. Corruption has plagued China for millennia. As can be seen by this quotation, Mao thought that a “people’s revolution” would end corruption and despite capital punishment for corruption under the Communist government, corruption still thrived. By the 21st century corruption was common among local Communist Party Officials despite national party and government attempts to obliterate it.
Wilson was an intellectual who did not rise in politics through the political system of the time and was not only somewhat shocked by the power of different pressure groups and economic forces, but was thwarted by many of them.
The United States money was then on the Gold Standard. The country was growing and needed more money in circulation. But most of the gold that might be available was in England and English bankers could control much of the U. S. economy. The Populists and the Democrats wanted us to use silver to back U. S. money as there was plenty of silver in the United States. The Republicans would not relent and depression was upon the country. A half century later, it would be Republican President Richard M. Nixon, who took the United States off the gold standard. Lease was far ahead of her time.
- Born: April 13, 1743
- Died: July 4, 1826
- Nationality: American
- Profession: President
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams between 1797 and 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.
