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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
by Caleb Cushing (Diplomat, American , born in 1800) keywords: constitutional, countrymen, faith, henry, jefferson, madison, men, patrick, true, virginia, washington, will, ye , your I had done a lot of rock 'n' roll photography when I was in college. I was one of many photographers who worked for The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and all of these rock 'n' roll bands.
by John Dykstra (Scientist, American , born in 1947) keywords: airplane, bands, college, done, doors, had, jefferson, lot, many, photographers, photography, rock, roll, these , worked What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.
by Esther Dyson (Scientist, American , born in 1951) keywords: days, free, government, importance, jefferson, more, press, rather, saying, simply, than, these, thinking, transparency , without The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.
by Ada Louise Huxtable (Critic, American , born in 1921) keywords: age, jefferson, libraries, lincoln, memorials, now, over, presidential , will How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked.
by Burl Ives (Musician, American , born in 1909) keywords: bell, benjamin, franklin, had, how, jefferson, liberty, longed, paine, see, streets, these, things, thomas, tom, walk, walked , where At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.
by Allen Johnson (Athlete, American , born in 1971) keywords: adams, again, bell, entered, few, fourth, friend, his, hours, into, jefferson, john, july, later, liberty, lips, message, name, noon, old, passed, philadelphia, rest, soul, sounding, thomas, upon , while I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
by John F. Kennedy (President, American , born in 1917) keywords: alone, been, collection, dined, ever, exception, extraordinary, gathered, house, human, jefferson, knowledge, most, possible, talent, think, thomas , white If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.
by Rush Limbaugh (Entertainer, American , born in 1951) keywords: bad, how, jefferson, representation, see, should, taxation, thomas, thought , without The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.
by Trent Lott (Politician, American , born in 1941) keywords: believed, dallas, davis, foreign, had, his, ideas, individual, jefferson, neighborhood, platform, policy, republican, rights, security, supported, tax , things We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold.
by Ray Manzarek (Musician, American , born in 1939) keywords: airplane, back, cold, danced, dressing, grace, her, hugging, into, jefferson, jim, off, out, passed, room, singing, slick, stage, started, then , went Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts.
by Ron Paul (Politician, American , born in 1935) keywords: against, america, assumes, between, compromise, conflicts, crafting, everyone, explicitly, foreign, involving, israelis, jefferson, leading, madison, must, ourselves, palestinians, play, role, settlement, some, warned , washington If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'
by Robin Quivers (Celebrity, American , born in 1952) keywords: free, had, heard, jefferson, probably, said, speech, thomas, us , would Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
by Ronald Reagan (President, American , born in 1911) keywords: age, ever, his, jefferson, judge, never, once, only, president, said, should, since, stopped, thomas, told, works , worrying But if there's an erosion at home, you know, Thomas Jefferson warned about a tyranny of an oligarchy and if we surrender our democracy to the tyranny of an oligarchy, we've made a terrible mistake.
by Pat Robertson (Clergyman, American , born in 1930) keywords: democracy, erosion, home, jefferson, know, made, mistake, oligarchy, our, surrender, terrible, thomas, tyranny , warned Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
by Pat Robertson (Clergyman, American , born in 1930) keywords: any, atheists, author, because, cabinet, declaration, god, had, his, independence, jefferson, know, muslims, never, oath, said, swear, thomas , well In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) topics: Equality keywords: admit, america, applies, doctrine, does, downwards, equal, everybody, inferiors, jefferson, men, only, onward, opinion, since, social, superiors, time , upwards The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.
by Robert Trout (Journalist, American , born in 1909) keywords: american, behind, easily, examining, example, how, jefferson, john, locke, myth, philosopher, philosophy, refuted, republic, steered , thomas Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: dead, gone, jefferson, jesus, lincoln, long, moses, seem , unbelievable A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia.
by Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright, American , born in 1970) keywords: america, declaration, delegate, drawn, esquire, independence, ingenious, jefferson, pen, philosophic, sovereignty, state, states, thomas, united , virginia If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.
by George Will (Journalist , born in 1941) keywords: around, central, country, government, hamilton, honor, industrial, jefferson, live, living, look, mighty, monument, nation, seek , strong
