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
We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.
The only purpose of government is to protect the people.
We rarely repent of having eaten too little.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
It is unfortunate for our peace, that unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal
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.
I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow.
A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia]