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
Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.
The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life.
Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.
If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none.
The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries.
France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of all whose ties of family and fortune give a preference to some other one, and the first choice of all not under those ties.
Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art .
Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.
I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.
The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.
All the world would be Christian if they were taught the pure Gospel of Christ!.
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. to his daughter Martha
We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform.
Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.