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
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Delay is preferable to error.
I cannot live without books.
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.