Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
was one of the most brilliant individuals in history; author of the.Declaration of Independence, a principal leader in the American Revolution, and the third president of the United States (1801-1809). Jefferson is also regarded as a great political thinker, writer, and diplomat. The U.S. doubled its area in 1803 when he bought territory west of the Mississippi called the Louisiana Purchase
    Jefferson swore his hostility; he said to "every form of tyranny over the mind of man." During his lifetime he sought to develop a government that would.best assure the freedom and wellbeing of the individual.

Jefferson said "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.(It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle. …Ashley Montagu, British anthropologist, humanist (1905-1999), that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That.to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends.it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
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Andrew Johnson
became the 17th U.S. president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865
 
 
 
 

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jurisdiction, jurisdictional, jurisdictionally
the right and power to interpret and apply the law (courts having jurisdiction in this district); authority or control (islands under U.S. jurisdiction; a bureau with jurisdiction over Native American affairs); the extent of authority or control (a family matter beyond the school's jurisdiction); the territorial range of authority or control

just
honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions (a just ruler); fair; consistent with what is morally right; righteous (a just cause); properly due or merited (just deserts); valid within the law; lawful (just claims); suitable or proper in nature; fitting (a just touch of solemnity); based on fact or sound reason; well founded (a just appraisal)

justification
state of being justified by God

justify, justified, justifying, justifies
to prove or show to be just, right; to demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid (justified each budgetary expense as necessary); anger that is justified by the circumstances; to declare free of blame; absolve; to free (a human being) of the guilt and penalty attached to grievous sin
justified, justifying

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