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John Jay


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
December 12, 1745

Died
May 17, 1829

Website

Genre
Politics, History, Philosophy


American statesman, Patriot, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, diplomat signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, 2nd Governor of New York and the first Chief Justice of the United States.

He was grandfather of John Jay, an American lawyer and diplomat to Austria-Hungary (1869-1875).

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“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.”
― John Jay, The Federalist Papers
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“Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their safety seems to be the first.”
― John Jay, The Federalist Papers
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“Among the strange things of this world, nothing seems more strange than that men pursuing happiness should knowingly quit the right and take a wrong road, and frequently do what their judgments neither approve nor prefer.”
― John Jay
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