[bigdaddy45]

Yes, he was. But was also for limited government. Jeffersonian Democracy contains the following core tenants:

— The national government is a dangerous necessity to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation or community; it should be watched closely and circumscribed in its powers.

— Separation of church and state is the best method to keep government free of religious disputes, and religion free from corruption by government.

— The federal government must not violate the rights of individuals. The Bill of Rights is a central theme.

— The federal government must not violate the rights of the states. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 (written secretly by Jefferson and James Madison) proclaim these principles.

Call him what you want, but by any modern measurement, he would have been anything but a Democrat.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

by any modern measurement, he would have been anything but a Democrat.

But he IS a democRAT. He's one of the party icons...along with Andrew Jackass.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Jeffersonian Democracy contains the following core tenants:

Why are "palaeos" who are anti-democracy such big fans of "Jeffersonian Democracy?"

[Zionist Conspirator]

The federal government must not violate the rights of the states. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 (written secretly by Jefferson and James Madison) proclaim these principles.

Jefferson and Madison were pro-Jacobin France.