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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.
To: Vision; MotleyGirl70; sauropod; gondramB; Loud Mime; sneakers; toomanygrasshoppers; jasoncann; ...
To: the invisib1e hand
Succint and logical - classic Jefferson.
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posted on
04/22/2009 5:42:51 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Yes, the consumate right-wing-extremist.
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)
To: Army Air Corps
Sure. At some point his files will be released.
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.
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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!)
To: dayglored
Agreed. It’s getting worse.
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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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