Some quotes from Thomas Jefferson
"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."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"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." -- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
"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."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Lon;1399288 wrote: Some quotes from Thomas Jefferson
"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."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"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." -- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
"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."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
And almost all of them as true now as they were then
"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."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"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." -- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
"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."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
And almost all of them as true now as they were then
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I would assume most of those were written when Mad King George was on the throne. That would temper anyone's opinions.
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Lon;1399288 wrote: Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
That I doubted the moment I saw the thread. No he didn't, it's been tampered with.
In a private letter of 1816 he said - with no reference at all "to our liberties", thereby changing both the meaning and the implication completely - "I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale". There's a discussion of Jefferson banking invented "quotes", including this one, at snopes.com: Thomas Jefferson on Banks
Jefferson's concern there isn't directly liberty, it's the probity of a balanced budget at all levels of government. Any threat to liberty is at best a remote consequence.
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
That I doubted the moment I saw the thread. No he didn't, it's been tampered with.
In a private letter of 1816 he said - with no reference at all "to our liberties", thereby changing both the meaning and the implication completely - "I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale". There's a discussion of Jefferson banking invented "quotes", including this one, at snopes.com: Thomas Jefferson on Banks
Jefferson's concern there isn't directly liberty, it's the probity of a balanced budget at all levels of government. Any threat to liberty is at best a remote consequence.
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Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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Another quote is:
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
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yaaarrrgg;1399449 wrote: Another quote is:
They failed there then
They failed there then
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Bryn Mawr;1399460 wrote: They failed there then
Yeah, we might rename the country to the "United Shareholder Association" at this point.
Yeah, we might rename the country to the "United Shareholder Association" at this point.
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yaaarrrgg;1399504 wrote: Yeah, we might rename the country to the "United Shareholder Association" at this point.
Ouch
Ouch