Thomas Jefferson

Most bad government has grown out of too much government

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July 21, 1795: Monticello - I received my first copy of Jay’s Treaty today, & was not pleased.

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7.8.1776- The Declaration of Independence is read publicly for the first time, in front of Independence Hall, in Easton PA, & in Trenton, NJ

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Our 1st debate at The Nixon Presidential Library this morning was a success. The 2d will have a larger audience ( approx 500 students).

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What we have to do I think is devoutly to pray for his death. - to James Madison, December 8, 1784

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is at the Christ Church Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, preparing to speak to a group of 5th graders visiting from southern California.

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My friend and mentor Dr. Benjamin Franklin was born on this day 308 years ago.

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3.20.1787: Nîmes, France. “Here I am... gazing whole hours at the Maison quarrée like a lover at his mistress."

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8.20.1811: “though an old man, I am but a young gardener.” - to Charles Wilson Peale

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10.20.1803: The US Senate ratified the Louisiana Treaty (The Louisiana “Purchase”) by a vote of 24 to 7.

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9/3/1783: Paris: American ministers Dr. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, & John Jay signed the treaty formally ending The Revolutionary War.

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3.4.1787: Dijon (France); a bottle of the best wine —for example, from Beaune— is 4 livres. The best round potatoes here I ever saw.

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Now playing Sonata in sol maggiore, Opus 12 no. 1 · II. Largo by Il Bell'Accordo Ensemble on my Philips FidelioBy Carlo Tessarini

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8.21.1801—“however this gradual proceeding may in some respects be disagreeable, yet I have no doubt it offers greater advantage than evil."

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4.23.1787: Rozzano, Italy. From sunrise to sunset I closely observed and took extensive notes on the process of making Parmesan cheese.

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I wonder at the surprised countenances of others in the station as I walk to my train. Have they never seen a founding father before?

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10.21.1797: The USS Constitution was launched at the Hartt’s Shipyard, Boston.

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is speaking this evening at the National Association for Media Literacy 2011 Conference in Philadelphia.

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I am on my way to Philadelphia's City Tavern to discourse on topics of liberty and civic responsibility with a group of interested citizens.

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I consider the people who constitute a society or nation as the source of all authority in that nation - 4.28.1793, re: French revolution

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12.31.1775: The Susquehanna’s Lower Ferry was closed due to ice today. I detoured to the Bald Friar crossing (near present-day Conowingo Md)