Talk:Jeffersonian democracy
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jefferson advocate the smaller farmer and was generally distrustful of democracy removed from the people? --Peter Robinett 16:02, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Quote
How out of context is this quote? It should be worked into the page somehow. "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.63.89 (talk) 03:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Natural Aristocracy
Was Jefferson's "natural aristocracy" concorrent with "Jeffersonian democracy"?
Ah love that quote (the oen with democracy being 51% rule over 49%), but I can't seem to find that in the actual article at all... Anyone feel like working it into the article with good little explanation? By the way does anyone else also think by any chance that additional references to modern "variations" on Jeffersonian Democracy and its ideals should be in the article?
For example, I do think that Ron Paul (Republican Presidential candidate for '08) is a contemporary advocate of a distinguished set of ideals for an open democracy that is in a multitude of ways very similar to Jeffersonian Democracy. However, minor variations include the fact that Paul supposedly embraces trade and trusts the market to deliver any types of services that the people may need. Jefferson distrusted both the government as well as industrializing and developing economical/market boom that came to characterize the U.S. Paul only distrusts large government... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.139.198.135 (talk) 13:45, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alien and Sedition Acts
It says in this article that "The Jeffersonians' violation of [freedom of speech and the press] through the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 became a major issue." Weren't the Jeffersonians the ones protesting the Alien and Sedition Acts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.183.106.153 (talk) 06:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC).
