“Their concern was to make sure that foreign individuals or foreign governments did not interfere in the American republic by way of giving lavish gifts”
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"Their concern was to make sure that foreign individuals or foreign governments did not interfere in the American republic by way of giving lavish gifts"
— Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
"Let me add that a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, & what no just government should refuse or rest on inference."
— Thomas Jefferson, 1787
President Jefferson answers a number of listener questions about the United States Constitution. We discuss the meaning of Article V, how much of the document is open to interpretation, and the idea of amending the Constitution every generation.