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

[VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew]

He was certainly a great man along with Washington, Adams (whose descendant
was a Viet Nam Helicopter pilot from my class). However, he started the
Democratic-Republican Party which became the Democratic Party. The
Republican Party was not formed until the mid-1850s. The
Democratic-Republican Party split when Jackson became president. They
briefly took on the name National Republicans, but shortly afterwards
became the Whig party.

On Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 5:30 PM VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew via Vhfcn-l <
vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org> wrote:

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> >Â Subject: Re: 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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