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Thomas Jefferson and his Philosophical Consistency in 1776-1869

Thomas Jefferson, a great man of many different views and opinions, once said “Let the general government be reduced to foreign concerns only, and let our affairs be disentangled from those of all other nations, except as to commerce… and our general government mat be reduced to a very simple organization, and a very unexpensive (sic) one—a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants.” As I read this, I began to ask myself, what does this mean? This man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, who was Vice-President, and eventually President and a critic of Federalists policies and a major advocate of states rights’ had to have a reason and want to clarify his views. Thomas Jefferson was one of the wisest men America has seen; in my opinion, in his statement Jefferson is saying that our nation needs to focus on America. America was one of Jefferson’s major concerns and at the time he felt......

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