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" I consider the class of artificers as the panders of vice, and the instruments by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned. "
Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ... - Page 292
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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Thomas Jefferson

John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - Presidents - 1883 - 388 pages
...they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bonds. ... I consider the class of artificers as the panders...liberties of a country are generally overturned." " Were I to indulge in my own theory," he again says, " I should wish them (the States) to practise...
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The New England Magazine, Volume 34; Volume 40

New England - 1906 - 968 pages
...people will be forced into either maritime or manufacturing occupations. He prefers the former, for "I consider the class of artificers as the panders...liberties of a country are generally overturned." He would hardly write that if living now. Again, in writing of anarchy, and Shays' rebellion, he says...
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Notes on Thomas Jefferson

Lloyd D. Simpson - Presidents - 1885 - 190 pages
...intelligence of the people. In 1785, he writes, " I consider the class of artificers as the panders of vice; the instruments by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned." He complained of the ingratitude of the people, when they blamed his incompetency at the time of the...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1784-1787

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1894 - 516 pages
...to turn them to the sea in preference to manufactures, because comparing the characters of the two classes I find the former the most valuable citizens....consider the class of artificers as the panders of vice & the instruments by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned. However we are not...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1784-1787

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1894 - 534 pages
...to turn them to the sea in preference to manufactures, because comparing the characters of the two classes I find the former the most valuable citizens....consider the class of artificers as the panders of vice & the instruments by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned. However we are not...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1784-1787

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1894 - 520 pages
...to turn them to the sea in preference to manufactures, because comparing the characters of the two classes I find the former the most valuable citizens....consider the class of artificers as the panders of vice & the instruments by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned. However we are not...
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Thomas Jefferson

John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - Presidents - 1898 - 362 pages
...wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bonds. ... I consider the class of artiftcers as the panders of vice, and the instruments by which the liberties of a countryare generally overturned." " Were I to indulge in my own theory," he again says, " I should...
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The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Political science - 1900 - 1504 pages
...Europe. — NOTES ON VIRGINIA, viii. 405. FORD ED., iii, 269. (1782.) 570. AKTTSANS, Condemnation of. — I consider the class of artificers as the panders...the liberties of a country are generally overturned. — To JOHN JAY. i. 404. FORD ED.. iv, 88. (P., 1785.) 571. AKT IS ANS, Explanation of views on. —...
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The Burial of the Apprentice: A True Story from Life in a Union Workshop and ...

Henry W. Cherouny - Labor - 1900 - 208 pages
...surprise to many craftsmen who up to this day have thought Jefferson a friend to the working classes: "I consider the class of artificers as the panders...by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned."—Letter to John Jay; see Randall's Life of Jefferson, I., 427. were infected with bawlers...
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The Life and Writings of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...to turn them to the sea in preference to manufactures, because comparing the characters of the two classes, I find the former the most valuable citizens. I consider the class of artificers as the founders of vice, and the instruments by which the liberties of a country are generally overturned....
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