About Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is, and has always been, a go-getter. Born April 13, 1763, Thomas Jefferson is a lawyer, a father, a former Governor, Foreign minister, Secretary of State and now current Vice-President. He is extremely well studied. Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary and for five years read law. After practicing law he would move to be a representative first at Virginia House of Burgesses and later the Continental Congress. There he would be asked to draft the Declaration of Independence. That would be only the start in his American political career. He would then be sent to France as a trade commissioner and U.S. minister and later become the Secretary of State. Jefferson is a man of family. After his wife passed, he was left two raise his two remaining daughters, Patsy and Polly. Jefferson is dedicated to his family, the country, and most importantly to defending your freedoms.
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But What Does Jefferson Stand For?
1. For a Smaller Military Spending
Thomas Jefferson opposes the recent expansion of the army and navy. In regards to a standing army Thomas Jefferson has said "There are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined cases. Such an instrument is a standing army."
2. For Freedom of Speech
Thomas Jefferson opposes the Alien and Sedition Acts
imposed unconstitutionally on the American people. He says"to preserve the freedom of the human mind & freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom, for as long as we may think as we will & speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement."
3. Smaller Government and Less Taxes
Thomas Jefferson says "Excessive taxation will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election."
4. Positive Foreign Relations
Thomas Jefferson rejects the Pro-British sympathies of the current administration and its handling of the Quasi War and the XYZ affair and in relation to the foreign policy Jefferson says"I am for free commerce with all nations, political connection with none and little or no diplomatic establishment."