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
Governments (derive) their just powers from the consent of the governed
Governments are republican only in proportion as they employ the will of the people and execute it
It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.
It is unfortunate for our peace, that unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned.
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences
(Academics) commit their pupils to the theatre of the world, with just taste enough of learning to be alienated from industrial pursuits, and not enough to do service in the ranks of science
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour.
No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is, in truth, the only antidote to the bane of whiskey.
Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.