Thomas Jefferson Vs Big Central Government

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask, act! Action will alienate and define you.” Said Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson, some view him as a role model for the future population while others think quite the opposite. Jefferson was the third president of the U.S. and was a very opinionated person who did not shy away from sharing them. Some examples are slavery v.s. equal rights as well as a small v.s. equal rights as well as a small v.s. big central government. These opinions were stated during the time of war and a need for clear visionary plans. Although Jefferson believed in many “correct” ways of thinking, his actions did not correlate with this fact. To look back at his own words, “Actions will.define you” Yet he did not support his thoughts

With this belief and him being the chief author of the Declaration of Independence, one would expect him to stick to his words, Jefferson encouraged society to allow a weak, small central government to have the U.S. on an understandable power difference, Yet that is not what was done. As the text “What were Jefferson's beliefs about government and state” reveals, “Thomas Jefferson through his correspondence, strongly influenced those advocating for a weaker central government.” To expand, Jefferson believed in a weaker central government to allow power to the people as they are a major part of the U.S. government itself. As the text “Student assess Jefferson Controversial legacy”by Chloe Berlin states “around centralized banking, the Democratic- Republican party tended to revolve on the notion that the government that governs the least governs the most. He argued for small government but doubled the size of the nation by abusing his Presidential authority.” Through the Louisiana purchase the U.S. size doubled allowing the government to make increasingly more decisions on newly encountered land thus increasing power. Jefferson commonly expressed hypocrisy in which his words did not match his

As the text “For Independence Day, a look at Thomas Jefferson Egregious Hypocrisy” by John Horgan states, “Jefferson often demanded slavery. He wrote in 1774 "the abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies where it was unhappily introduced.” To explain Jefferson publicly expressed his opinions on how cruel and disgraceful slavery was as well as the want to abolish it. However, he showed quite the opposite throughout his daily life. As the text also states “yet over the course of his life, he owned a total of 600 slaves. he blocked consideration of a law that might have eventually ended slavery. Did nothing stop the spread of slavery into the vast ‘Empire of liberty”. This shows how although Jefferson spoke against slavery, he was involved in the act himself and didn't stop the spread of it, thus showing hypocrisy. Some contend that Jefferson was a model for the future due to his ability to lower government spending as well as advocating for religious equality. Jefferson often fought for less taxing of citizens and government not taking more than what's