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Works
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Writings regarding Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson's Folly
Was the Louisiana Purchase worth the price? For a mere $15 million, Thomas Jefferson doubled the American realm, bequeathing us not only a breadbasket but the soul of Middle American culture. Yet, as Henry Adams wrote, this gargantuan real-estate deal also "gave a fatal wound to ‘strict construction’ of the Constitution." - Bill Kauffman, December 12, 2003 [LewRockwell.com]
- The civilized libertarian
If this country ever returns to the sturdy principles of liberty and republican virtue on which it was founded, then today, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, should be a national holiday. - Alan W. Block, April 13, 2003 [OC Register.com]
- Jefferson on American Liberty
- Gary M. Galles, July 4, 2002 [Mises]
- The Real Jefferson
Most people believe that they know something about Thomas Jefferson’s political thought. If the object of study has been Jefferson’s own writings, this may be true. If, however, people read only the usual accounts of Jefferson’s that are made available to students, they are likely to be burdened with some serious misunderstandings. - Marco Bassani, May 27, 2002 [Mises]
- Jefferson's Warning
As our country runs around in circles over one emergency after another – it is a good time to pause and turn to the Libertarian wisdom of Our Founder, Thomas Jefferson. - Michael Gilson De Lemos, February 27, 2002 [LewRockwell.com]
- The Thomas Jefferson - Sally Hemings Myth and the Politicization of American History
I concur in the Scholars Commission's conclusion that the allegation that Thomas Jefferson fathered one or more children by his slave Sally Hemings is "by no means proven." - David N. Mayer, April 9, 2001 [Ashbrook Center]
- Jefferson Lives: 200 Years of Peaceful Transitions
- Matt Spalding, March 7, 2001 [Capitalism Magazine]
- The Election of 1800
The unhappy truth is that Jefferson, a great libertarian theorist when out office, was an outright disaster in power. - Joseph Stromberg, January 4, 2001 [Mises]
- Jefferson's Slaves
"Today it is gospel that Jefferson was a hypocrite because he was a slave-owner. That gospel is a lie. People take his statements out of context making them say the reverse of what was happening. And, far from it being a problem of just not understanding his time, Jefferson would tell us—and in fact warned us—that the average citizen of today is actually less free than the most miserable slave of his day." - Michael Gilson De Lemos, December 4, 2000 [Laissez Faire City Times]
- Jefferson and Madison: Could They Be Elected Today?
...Today's Americans wouldn't elect Thomas Jefferson, either. He'd be labeled an extremist and a gun nut. Jefferson warned, 'The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.' Today, he'd be referring to the White House, Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court and federal regulatory agencies. - Walter Williams, November 7, 2000 [Capitalism Magazine]
- Thomas Jefferson Forever
This Fourth of July, take some time out from the baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet, and ponder what the holiday really commemorates: The American Passover, the beginning of a long national journey toward freedom, founded on the truth that God created man to be free. What will you do to nurture the legacy of freedom and responsibility bequeathed to you by the great Thomas Jefferson? - Dave Kopel, July 1999 [Chronicles Magazine]
- The Jefferson Revisionism Hoax
Review of THE LONG AFFAIR: THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1785-1800 by Conor Cruise O' Brien, University of Chicago Press, 1996, xvii + 367 pgs. - David Gordon, Summer 1997 [Mises]
- Thomas Jefferson slandered as a "terrorist" at Oklahoma City bombing trial
Thomas Jefferson: A terrorist? That's what government prosecutors at the Oklahoma City bombing trial are suggesting -- and it has Libertarians hopping mad. - released May 1, 1997 [LP Press Release]
- The Misunderstood Mr. Jefferson
Fashionable attacks on Thomas Jefferson obscure his one ruling passion: the "holy cause of freedom." - David N. Mayer, May 1997 [Liberty Magazine]
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