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tinymontgomery

(2,584 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2012, 09:17 AM Apr 2012

Happy Birthday Thomas Jefferson

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas Jefferson

True today as ever.

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Happy Birthday Thomas Jefferson (Original Post) tinymontgomery Apr 2012 OP

You live in memory, TJ!! PassingFair Apr 2012 #1

Thanks for the reminder!! lastlib Apr 2012 #2

He was an exceptional man. nt siligut Apr 2012 #3

PassingFair

(22,434 posts)

1. You live in memory, TJ!!

Reply to tinymontgomery (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 09:42 AM

Apr 2012

Tied for my favorite president with Babe-raham Lincoln.

lastlib

(23,248 posts)

2. Thanks for the reminder!!

Reply to tinymontgomery (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 04:04 PM

Apr 2012

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of Man."

to me, this is the heart of the liberal democratic creed.

siligut

(12,272 posts)

3. He was an exceptional man. nt

Reply to tinymontgomery (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 05:13 PM

Apr 2012

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