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letter to Joseph Milligan, via The Patriot Post ^ | 6 April 1816 | Thomas Jefferson

Posted on 04/22/2009 5:29:51 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand

"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

--Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, 6 April 1816



TOPICS: Education; History
KEYWORDS: founder; patriot; rightwingextremist
This is a Patriot Caucus thread.
1 posted on 04/22/2009 5:29:52 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: Vision; MotleyGirl70; sauropod; gondramB; Loud Mime; sneakers; toomanygrasshoppers; jasoncann; ...

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2 posted on 04/22/2009 5:30:23 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand

Succint and logical - classic Jefferson.


3 posted on 04/22/2009 5:42:51 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Yes, the consumate right-wing-extremist.


4 posted on 04/22/2009 5:44:16 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand
Maybe Napolitano will place him on a posthumous watchlist.
5 posted on 04/22/2009 5:45:58 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Sure. At some point his files will be released.


6 posted on 04/22/2009 5:48:49 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand
Modernize Jefferson's language slightly, and omit the attribution ...

... and this quote would be labeled Hate Speech, and the speaker would be vilified; perhaps even arrested.

Some days it seems everything in America is either upside-down, or broken.

7 posted on 04/22/2009 5:57:25 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored

Agreed. It’s getting worse.


8 posted on 04/22/2009 6:29:11 PM PDT by Loud Mime (If Christians cannot unite in battle to save this nation, it will be lost)
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