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
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.
The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.