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
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
Never trouble another for what you can do yourself
Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous.
Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous.
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights
No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.
I apprehend... that the total abandonment of the principle of rotation in the offices of President and Senator will end in abuse.
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.