Dick Tuck
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- Aug 29, 2009
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Jefferson can be quoted to take both sides of any issue.
That is one thing about Jefferson - He contradicted himself all the time..
Thomas Jefferson's Letters
They all did. Moving from ideology and philosophy to the pragmatic problem of actually governing took its tole. Jefferson's oft used quote about quenching the tree of liberty wasn't repeated much after he saw what happened if France.
But their position on limiting the scope and even duration of chartered corporations didn't do much of a flip flop.