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
Every man cannot have his way in all things. If his opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate at other times. Without this mutual disposition we are disjointed individuals, but not a society.
The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.
What i value more than all things, good humor.
He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe.
A mind always employed is always happy.
A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.
Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.
If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.
The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government
Every man has two countries: his own and France.
Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature. Individuals exercise it by their single will; collections of men by that of their majority; for the law of the majority is the natural law of every society of men.
While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil.
A strong body makes the mind strong.