The Political Thought of American Statesmen: Selected Writings and SpeechesMorton J. Frisch, Richard G. Stevens |
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... experience of the present ; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading ; and this they would say themselves , were they to rise from the dead . I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried ...
... experience of the present ; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading ; and this they would say themselves , were they to rise from the dead . I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried ...
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... experience of the world , a knowledge of human nature , and our own particular experience , will confirm this truth . When danger shall come upon us , may we not do what we were on the point of doing once already - that is , appoint a ...
... experience of the world , a knowledge of human nature , and our own particular experience , will confirm this truth . When danger shall come upon us , may we not do what we were on the point of doing once already - that is , appoint a ...
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... experience of the world , and our own experience , prove that a continued course of defamation will at length sully the fairest reputation , and will throw suspicion on the purest conduct . Although the calumnies of the factious and ...
... experience of the world , and our own experience , prove that a continued course of defamation will at length sully the fairest reputation , and will throw suspicion on the purest conduct . Although the calumnies of the factious and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Founding | 2 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 6 |
Copyright | |
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