RAT | Remove A Tyrant

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – February 26, 2012 –

Thomas Jefferson lived in Monticello. My wife’s mother is buried at the foot of Monticello along with one of her sons. I attended her burial.

Thomas Jefferson was an architect, and after Monticello was built, he inspected the building, and if a measurement was off by one inch, he corrected the mistake. Thomas Jefferson read and was familiar with: On the Commonwealth-Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nicomachean Ethics- Aristotle, The Politics-Aristotle, Discourses Concerning Government - Algernon Sidney, and the Second Treatise of Government - John Locke. [1] The point is: He learned from widely accepted authority, going back over 2000 years. He was unaffected by the writings of Karl Marx, which were written a couple of hundred years ago. His thinking was based on Rome, et cetera, and not the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Compare him with Frank Marshall Davis. Thomas Jefferson stands head and shoulders above Frank Marshall Davis.

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."  Thomas Jefferson
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson helped to write the constitution.
I have purposely not mentioned who the tyrant is. Hint: Jeffersonian ideas versus Marxist ideas.
[1] There is reading material linked in Hillsdale College’s Constitution 101 online course. I mention this, because it is a convenient place to learn.