It rests now with ourselves alone to enjoy in peace and concord the blessings of self-government, so long denied to mankind: to shew by example the sufficiency of human reason for the care of human affairs and that the will of the majority, the Natural law of every society, is the only sure guardian of the rights of man.

Thomas Jefferson

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Democracy Political theory

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Jefferon, Thomas. "The Response." 12 Feb. 1790.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "The Response, 12 February 1790." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: November 1789 to 4 July 1790, edited by Julian P. Boyd. Vol. 16, Princeton University Press, 1961.

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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Price of freedom

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Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

Henry Lee III

Read the Funeral Oration on the Death of General Washington at quod.lib.umich.edu
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George Washington

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Henry Lee III
Source
Funeral Oration on the death of General Washington
Medium
Speech
Genre
Funeral oration
Statement Type
Eulogy
Language
English
Time
1799 1790s 18th century
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Citation

Lee, Henry. Funeral oration on the death of General Washington. 26 Dec. 1799, German Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasions for it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

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Political theory Government Human nature

Author

Niccolo Machiavelli
Source
Discourses on Livy
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Italian
Time
1531 1530s 16th century
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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy]. Papal Privilege, 1531, bk. 1, ch. 3

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, ch. 3.