[Vhfcn-l] Fwd: Thomas Jefferson - A Reminder of Who He Was

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>Thomas Jefferson
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>His portrait is on the $2.00 Dollar Bill.
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>Be sure to read the 2nd part (in RED ).
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>Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who 
>started   learning very early in life and never stopped.
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>At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.
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>At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
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>At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
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>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.
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>At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
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>At 23, started his own law practice.
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>At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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>At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View 
>of the Rights of British America," and retired from his law practice.
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>At 32, was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
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>At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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>At 33, took three years to revise Virginia's 
>legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and 
>a statute for Religious Freedom.
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>At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia, succeeding Patrick Henry.
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>At 40, served in Congress for two years.
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>At 41, was the American minister to France and 
>negotiated commercial treaties with European 
>nations   along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
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>At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
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>At 53, served as Vice President and was elected 
>President of the American Philosophical Society.
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>At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and 
>became the active head of the Republican Party.
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>At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.
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>At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the nation's size.
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>At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
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>At 65, retired to Monticello.
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>At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
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>At 81, almost single-handedly, created the 
>University of Virginia and served as it's first
>president.
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>At 83, died on the 50th Anniversary of the 
>Signing of the Declaration of Independence, along with John Adams.
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>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.
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>Jefferson really knew his stuff...
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>A voice from the past to lead us in the future:
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>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:
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>"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."
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>"When we get piled upon one another in large 
>cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt 
>as Europe ." Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"The democracy will cease to exist when you take 
>  away from those   who are willing to work 
>and give to those who would not." Â Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"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." Â Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"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." Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"My reading of history convinces me that most 
>bad government   results from too much government."   --   Thomas Jefferson
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>"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"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." Â Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"The tree of liberty must    be refreshed from 
>time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Â  -- Thomas Jefferson
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>"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes, 
>the propagation of ideas which he   disbelieves 
>  and abhors, is sinful and   tyrannical."    -- Thomas Jefferson
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>Â  I wish we could get this out to every American!
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>Â  I'm doing my part.
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>Â  So Please do yours.
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