ThomasJefferson   
       
   His Portrait is on the Two Dollar Bill   
       
   There are two parts.   
       
   Thomas Jefferson Was a very remarkable man who started   
   Learning very Early in life and never stopped.   
       
   At 5, began Studying under his cousin's tutor.   
       
   At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.   
       
   At 14, studied Classical literature and additional languages.   
       
   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.   
       
   At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.   
       
   At 23, started His own law practice.   
       
   At 25, was Elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.   
       
   At 31, wrote the Widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British   
   America" And Retired from his law practice.   
       
   At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.   
       
   At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.   
       
   At 33, took Three years to revise Virginia's legal code and wrote a Public   
   Education Bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.   
       
   At 36, was Elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.   
       
   At 40, served in Congress for two years.   
       
   At 41, was the American minister to France and Negotiated commercial treaties   
   with European nations Along with Ben Franklin and John Adams..   
       
   At 46, served as The first Secretary of State Under George Washington.   
       
   At 53, served as Vice President and was elected President of the American   
   Philosophical Society.   
       
   At 55, drafted The Kentucky Resolutions and Became the active head of   
   Republican Party.   
       
   At 57, was Elected the third president of the United States.   
       
   At 60, obtained The Louisiana Purchase doubling The nation's Size.   
       
   At 61, was Elected to a second term as President.   
       
   At 65, retired To Monticello.   
       
   At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.   
       
   At 81, almost Single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as   
   its first President.   
       
   At 83, died on The 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of   
   Independence along With John Adams.   
       
   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.   
       
   Jefferson really knew his stuff.   
       
   A voice from the past to lead us in the future:   
       
   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: "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."   
       
   "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,we shall   
   become as corrupt as Europe."-- Thomas Jefferson   
       
   "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those Who are   
   willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson   
       
   "It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A   
   ptinciple 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 If the American people ever allow   
   private banks to control the issue of theur Currency, first by inflation, then   
   by deflation, the Banks and corp will deprive the people of all property     
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- DB 3.99 + PQUSA   
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