Thomas Jefferson Quotes
The President’s own
The band was created by an act of Congress in 1798.
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), Phrase used to describe the Marine Corps band, whose primary mission is actually to play for the President, 1801
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The title infuriated many who thought is was too much like a monarchy. For an example, see {586765}.
Attacking FDR by pandering to anti-Semites and falsely claiming that a Jewish financier, Bernard Baruch ran the government: The Priest was the right wing demagogic radio host of his day. Virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Black, he was threatened with excommunication by the Catholic Church, which finally ordered him to cease us weekly radio show and stop the political hate.
What is interesting about this quotation is how early in America’s history the insignificance of the Vice Presidency was discussed.
In an ironic turn of the tables, Frank Kingdon, a staunch Roosevelt supporter wrote a book defending the President and used the phrase as a title, mocking the upper class hatred of FDR.
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.
