| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 1996 Seiten
...wounds of war in our own society, and of restoring — it is a Thomas Jefferson phrase — "restoring to social intercourse that harmony and affection without...liberty and even life itself are but dreary things." The term, and the concept, of amnesty is very old. The word itself is Greek — amnestia — means... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1977 - 216 Seiten
...having banifhed from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind fo long bled and fuffered, we have yet gained little, if we countenance a political intolerance, as defpotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody perfecutions. During the throes and convulsions... | |
| Charles B. Sanford - 1984 - 260 Seiten
...when we burnt witches." After the bitter presidential campaign of 1800, Jefferson warned the nation: "Let us reflect that having banished from our land...despotic[,] as wicked and capable of as bitter and bloody persecution."20 The difficulty, as Jefferson early saw, is that toleration is not enough. Religious... | |
| James David Barber - 2011 - 353 Seiten
..."Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind," he said in his inaugural address. "Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony...liberty and even life itself are but dreary things." The "throes and convulsions of the ancient world" had reached "even this distant and peaceful shore,"... | |
| Thomas Gustafson - 1992 - 500 Seiten
...mere ceremony" (DEL, 20). Webster's plan to restore to social intercourse what Jefferson called the "harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things" is to insure that all people grow up speaking equally (JLA, 493). Scarred by the differences of dialect... | |
| James Roger Sharp - 1993 - 388 Seiten
...urging his "fellow citizens" to "unite with one heart and one mind" and to join with him in restoring "to social intercourse that harmony and affection...liberty and even life itself are but dreary things." Pointing a finger at the Federalists for their bigotry and fanaticism in sponsoring the Alien and Sedition... | |
| United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) - 1994 - 1002 Seiten
...sense, it was a time not unlike this time. And this is what he said: "Let us unite with our heart and mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and life itself are but dreary things." We can redeem the promise of America for our children. We can certainly... | |
| Frank Freidel - 1998 - 98 Seiten
...1801 Inaugural Address remains vital with these words for preserving our Nation: "Let us restore . . . harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things." Contents FOREWORD by President William J. Clinton Official White House portraits appear opposite biographies.... | |
| David Thomas Konig - 1995 - 396 Seiten
...affections, and generous sentiments, among the people." 117 For Jefferson, a polity of free citizens required "that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things." 118 Hamilton, Madison, Adams, and Jefferson were all emphasizing a concept that enabled Americans to... | |
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