Thomas Jefferson...The wise prophet. "Snopes" vs "Truth or Fiction"

Well Sir, me good buddy Patrick from over at "prh....A Day in the Life" sent me these here quotes that are allegedly made by one of our greatest founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson.

Now Sir, before I post certain things on my blog, I'll generally attempt to verify the veracity of an article or story, and this is no differant.

As a matter of experience, and various articles I have read by several other authors, that "Snopes.Com" may not always completely(operative word) factual regarding their information, especially if'n it has somethin to do with present day politics involving Democrats or present circumstances surrounding Democrats. In some cases, they simply opt not to print anything about certain topics, or what they do say is alleged to be "questionable". It's my understanding, and I haven't verified this, that the folks running and operating "Snopes" contributed heavily to Obama's campaign, so, in the future, if'n yur gonna use "Snopes" regarding some political issue or another, be wary of it's veracity, and/or, use "Truth or Fiction" as a main or second source.

As of late, I have been using "Truth or Fiction" as a better source, so with this in mind, I checked out these alleged prophetic quotes from one of our greatest Statesmen, Thomas Jefferson, and here they are mates...

Jefferson in some cases could be called a prophet.

1) "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe." TRUTH
Thomas Jefferson

2) "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." UNPROVEN but has long been attributed to Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson

3) "It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world." TRUTH
Thomas Jefferson

4) "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." TRUTH
Thomas Jefferson

5) "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." UNPROVEN but has long been attributed to Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson

6) "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." TRUTH
Thomas Jefferson

7) "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." UNPROVEN but has long been attributed to him.
Thomas Jefferson

8) "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." TRUTH
Thomas Jefferson

9) "To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." MISQUOTED but the point is the correct.
Thomas Jefferson

Very Interesting Quote

In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

10) "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." Slightly MISQUOTED but TRUE

WOW! Talk about great insight, wisdom and prophetic abilities....