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"Know the Truth and the Truth shall make you Free"
 
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VOL. 7 
 
President Thomas Jefferson 
 
1801 - 1808 
 
Third President of the united States of America - Author of the Declaration of Independence  
 
 
 
1743 - 1826 
 
 
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every
form of tyranny over the mind of man."
 
 
IF PEOPLE LET GOVERNMENT DECIDE WHAT FOODS THEY EAT AND WHAT MEDICINES THEY TAKE, THEIR BODIES WILL SOON BE IN AS SORRY A STATE AS ARE THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO LIVE UNDER TYRANNY.
 
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Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States, was this nation's greatest champion of representative government and the rights of man. He was our most eloquent spokesman on the founding principles of American self-government. As he himself said, "I know my own principles to be pure and therefore am not ashamed of them. On the contrary, I wish them known and therefore willingly express them to everyone. They are the same I have acted on from the year 1775 to this day, and are the same, I am sure, with those of the great body of the American people." (letter to Samuel Smith, 1798)
 
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I. The Fundamentals of Government
 
Inalienable Rights
 
Securing Rights
 
Moral Principles
 
Moral Degeneracy
 
The Sovereignty of the People
 
The Safest Depository
 
 
 
II. The Theory of Republican Government
 
Republican Principles
 
Majority Rule
 
Self-Government
 
Good Government
 
Governed by Reason
 
Difference of Opinion
 
Political Parties
 
 
 
III. The Structure of Republican Government
 
Constitutions: State & Federal
 
The Bill of Rights
 
Amending the Constitution
 
Interpreting the Constitution
 
Judicial Review
 
Separation of Powers: Federal and State
 
Against Consolidated Government
 
Separation of Powers: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
 
Elective Government
 
Legislative Branch
 
The Legislators
 
Executive Branch
 
Presidential Elections
 
The Art of Governing
 
Duties of the Executive
 
Judicial Branch
 
 
IV. Government Policy in a Republic
 
The Justice System
 
Immigration Policy
 
Racial Policy
 
Native American Policy
 
Public Works & Public Assistance
 
Commerce & Agriculture
 
Money & Banking
 
Taxation & Fiscal Responsibility
 
The National Debt
 
Educating the People
 
Publicly Supported Education
 
Foreign Relations
 
The Rights of Nations
 
Foreign Commerce
 
Peace & War
 
Unavoidable Wars
 
A Republic at War
 
The Military & the Militia
 
 
 
V. Citizen Rights in a Republic
 
Civil Rights
     
      Free Correspondence
      Freedom of Conscience
      The Right to Bear Arms
      Other Rights
     
    Juridical Rights
       
        Habeas Corpus
        Trial by Jury
       
      Property Rights
       
      Freedom of the Press
       
      Freedom of Religion
       
       
       
      VI. The Prospects for Self-Government
       
      Duties of Citizens
       
      The Spread of Self-Government
       
      Revolution and Reformation
       
      The Future of Democracy in America
       
       
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