A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life - Thomas Jefferson

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A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life

Thomas Jefferson

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About Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1777), founder of the University of Virginia (1819), the third president of the United States (1801–1809), a political philosopher, editor of Jefferson's Bible (1819), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.

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Alternative Names: President Jefferson • T. Jefferson

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I never consider a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.

On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.