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Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.
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Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.
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Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.
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Chronology, so the saying goes, is the last refuge of the feeble-minded and the only resort for historians.
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The very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.
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Born:
July 18, 1943
(age 81)
Bio:
Joseph John Ellis is an American historian and professor whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America.
Known for:
Founding Brothers (2000)
His Excellency: George Washington (2004)
American Creation (2007)
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