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
History, by apprising (men) of the past, will enable them to judge of the future, it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations
We must do our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies
But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me
If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.
I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing and hearing.
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
We seldom report of having eaten too little.
Believing that happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded, that the evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come, I have used
The good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army
To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class