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The big question I have has to do with how Jefferson survived (politically) despite his radical views of government. As the constitutional convention is going on, Jefferson is in Paris writing letters to virtually everyone, both in the convention and out, about a healthy nation's need for rebellion and insurrection from time to time. Flying in the face of the move to adjust the Articles of Confederation and give the federal government more power, Jefferson says "The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." How was he able to get away with these kind of statements? How has he survived as an American hero to this day, when the suggestion of anything like this would be wholly unpatriotic?

Friday on NPR the discussion was about health care, and a question that was briefly posed was whether or not Thomas Jefferson would have supported universal health care. While one of the points made was that there was no such thing as health care in Jefferson's time, I can't help but wonder if this would fall under his definition of a too powerful central government. My feelings are that he would never support this because it requires an even larger federal government.

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