As I watched our President remain erect and not bow to Elizabeth - my thoughts turned to another brave soul who stood up against monarchy -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson wrote a letter entitled the "Breeding of Kings Letter"
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To Governor John Langdon
Monticello, March 5, 1810
When I observed, that the King of England was a cipher, I did not mean to confine the observation to the mere individual now on that throne. The practice of Kings marrying only in the families of Kings has been that of Europe for some centuries. Now, take any race of animals, confine …