Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jeffersonwas an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams and in 1800 was elected the third President. Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, which motivated American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation. He produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth13 April 1743
CityShadwell, VA
CountryUnited States of America
The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.