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Fact Check: It's Claimed Jefferson Once Said 'Beauty of 2nd Amendment' Is It's Not Needed 'Until They Try To Take It.' Here's the Truth
Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second ... We were unsuccessful in our attempt to find a way to contact Styles. For ...
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In the writings of Thomas Jefferson, clues to his inner life
In “His Masterly Pen,” a thoroughly engrossing study of Thomas Jefferson ... of the Jeffersonian Republican Party but by reading Jefferson’s letters and public texts on this subject with ...
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Mike Johnson Attributes Prayer to Thomas Jefferson. But There’s a Problem.
ADVERTISEMENT “It is said each day of his eight years of the presidency and every day thereafter until his death, President Thomas Jefferson recited this prayer,“ he continued, reading aloud ...
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Johnson attributes prayer to Thomas Jefferson, but there’s no proof he said it
reading from a piece of paper. Historians do know the quote — because it has been falsely attributed to Jefferson for years. There is no proof Jefferson ever said it, according to the Thomas ...
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James M. ‘Jim’ Gabler, lawyer and author who wrote about Thomas Jefferson’s passion for wine, dies
He enjoyed reading, travel, hiking ... in that great vineyard in the sky enjoying a glass of wine or two with Thomas Jefferson,” Mr. Parker said. “Jim didn’t want a church service so ...
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Jefferson Said 'Beauty of 2nd Amendment' Is It's Not Needed 'Until They Try To Take It'?
In June 2024, Snopes received an email from a reader asking about a quote purportedly originating from Founding Father and third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. The reader's email displayed a ...