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Thomas Jefferson Bookmarks!

June 29th, 2008

Here’s some nice bookmarks to remind you of the beliefs of the great Thomas Jefferson:

TJ

Update!

An interesting turn of events – it seems you really can’t trust quote sites!
See here

Originally, I had this quote:

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

This, apparently, is a false quote. I apologize. The new quote:

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

was given by Matt Platte – thanks!

Pure democracy is a distribution of responsibility though, with none but a crowd (the largest crowd, in fact) holding the noose after a hanging. This is why we have representatives, because blaming the majority for wronging someone is dangerous in a democracy.


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