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 ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience.
A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.
Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.
Our business is to have great credit and to use it little.
He does most in God's great world who does his best in his own little world.
I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all? I do not know that it is. I have been the instrument of doing the following things; but they would have been done by others; some of them, perhaps, a little better.
It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.
A little revolution is a good thing.
I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
We are now vibrating between too much and too little government, and the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.
A little rebellion is a good thing.
A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.