Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.
Jefferson, Thomas. "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 18 June 1779." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 2, edited by Julian P. Boyd, Princeton University Press, 1950, p. 546.
Lincoln was referring to the "house divided against itself" speech. His remarks were addressed to friends who were trying to dissuade him from delivering the address.
Korea had been annexed and occupied by the Japanese in 1910. 33 Korean patriots signed the declaration and paid severely for their act against Japan. The Korean patriots were strongly influenced by American President Woodrow Wilson’s statements on the right of self determination.
This was a pointed criticism of McCarthyism and his red scare and red-baiting behavior. Others were cowed by the risk that any criticism of McCarthy’s methods would bring an accusation that the critic was a Communist which all too often would mean loss of a job and social isolation. However as a Federal Judge, the lifetime tenure protection of his position could lead to impeachment which would be brought and tried by a Congress that was itself intimidated by McCarthy. He was one of the relatively few courageous Americans who risked exposing McCarthy who turned out to be an alcoholic bully and consummate liar.
This is an amazing speech which illustrated the best of the development and growth of Islam. Note that: The ruler who has just been given ALL secular AND religious power admits candidly that he may not be the best qualified. This would not happen for over another 1000 years and even today is very rare in any society. In addition, he invites the citizens to correct him when he is wrong. Later, Calihs would, like the Christian kings and popes claim infallibiity and kill any who suggested otherwise. And daring to correct the ruler was capital offence for most of history and is even dangerous in some Muslim countries today. Last and perhaps most amazing, the new Caliph called for an affirmative leveling of the inequality of rights and power and announces it asa one of his major responsiblities. It is this kind of vision so unheard of at the time which shows us why so many flocked to Islam at the time. From a fairness, human rights, and accoutabiity of the ruler point of view Islam was the most modern of the religions then. Tragically, other forces shaped Islam for the next 1500 years and most Muslim countries become the least modern and its rulers are least accountable to the citizenry with none of the other rights and concept of fairness that Abu Bakr and other early Islamic leaders brought.
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.
