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Old 01-03-2013, 01:57 PM
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The second quote, about Democracy ceasing to exist, first saw print in 1986.

It is found nowhere in any quotes of Jefferson.

Something like it is found in the works of a French writer Jefferson was considering translating, but there is no record that he ever did.

The quote 'My reading of history' first saw print in 1913. It was made up by a fellow named John Sharps Williams who passed himself off as a 'Jefferson Expert'.

'No free man shall ever' is nowhere to be found in any writings of Jefferson or any document he ever had a hand in producing.

Quote number 1 is one in which Jefferson was saying that as long as there was ample land in America for Farmers then the country would be OK. When we run out of land we will be piled upon each other as they are in Europe.

Quote number 3 is a true one.

Quote 4 is also true, but altered a bit for modern ears.

'No free man' was in a draft paper that Jefferson wrote, but it was tossed out before the Virginia Constitution was approved.

Quote number 7 is entirely made up and no original source can be found for it.

"The tree of liberty' quote is from a long letter Jefferson wrote bemoaning the fact that the King had a News Machine that was cranking out one lie after another about America, and how Jefferson found it hard to break through to the rest of the world what was really going on in the Colonies. Jefferson also wrote in this letter about how the people of Massachusetts seemed to be overreacting to everything and how acting without facts was a terrible thing to do. He then comments on 'The tree of Liberty' and how the King, if he continues to lie about the political situation in America, would be taught a good lesson in ignoring the people, and that a few lives lost now would mean little hundreds of years from now.

This letter appears to be a recollection of events since it was written to a friend in 1787.

The quote about 'Compelling a man' is in reference to Church Taxes which were common in Europe then and still are in some countries. Jefferson thought that no one should pay Church Taxes but should give to the Church of their choice what they felt led to give. At the time all Church Taxes when to the Church of England which was led by the King, so even after winning independence from The Crown the people in America were still paying taxes to the King. Jefferson wanted this practice stopped.

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