Just because I like Jefferson
and respect his opinion a great deal, here’s a few things he said that i’m incredibly fond of.
“Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond the limits of these principles and involving dangers which the society chooses to avoid, they must go somewhere else for their exercise; that we want no citizens, and still less ephemeral and pseudo-citizens, on such terms. We may exclude them from our territory, as we do persons infected with disease.” –Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 1816.
“Society [has] a right to erase from the roll of its members any one who rendered his own existence inconsistent with theirs; to withdraw from him the protection of their laws, and to remove him from among them by exile, or even by death if necessary.”–Thomas Jefferson to L. H. Girardin, 1815.
No dumbass, that old T.J. Even back in the early 1800’s.
” that we want no citizens, and still less ephemeral and pseudo-citizens, on such terms.”
Awesome. I needed to emphasize that one.
It’s called the social CONTRACT for a reason. One party breaks the deal, the other is under no obligation to continue to follow it.
Thank you so much for bringing this out. Jefferson was absolutely brilliant! As B and I have discussed often, the social contract in this country has been breaking down and the ‘ephemerals and pseudo-citizens’, those who separate themselves from the rest of society are a large part of the problem. IMO a dedication to multiculturalism and diversity at the expense of common sense and unity is another part.