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Thomas Jefferson was one of the United States Founding Fathers. He was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence, served as President, Vice-President, Secretary of State and Ambassador to France for the fledgling Federal government.
Speech Relevance
Jefferson is mentioned once, briefly, in '
A Time For Choosing':
Back in 1936, Mr. Democrat himself, Al Smith, the great American, came before the American people and charged that the leadership of his party was taking the part of Jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland down the road under the banners of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. And he walked away from his party, and he never returned to the day he died, because to this day, the leadership of that party has been taking that party, that honorable party, down the road in the image of the labor socialist party of England.
And again, in '
Encroaching Control':
Thomas Jefferson said, "If we let Washington tell us when to sow and when to reap, the nation shall soon want for bread."
This line is pulled from Jefferson's autobiography:
"Were we to be directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread."
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