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
Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations
No doubt President Jefferson was brilliant - probably the key author of the American constitution. But the PNP and Jamaica have our own Thomas Jefferson ... former leader and Premier Norman Washington Manley. Indeed Norman Washington Manley was better - note the word
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I as steadfastly believe
Sir,- I have duly received your favor of the 18th and am thankful to you for having written it, because it is more agreeable to prevent than to refuse what I do not think myself authorized to comply with
Most virtues when carried beyond certain bonds degenerate into vices.
Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.
Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang froid immovably, and to every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language
Let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it
No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the Negro from savagery and helping prepare him for that eventual freedom which is surely written in the Book of Fate
My creed had been formed on unsheathing the sword at Lexington
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
I see students all over and around the building. It looks nothing like a school. It looks like a country club.