Jefferson

Jefferson

Jefferson often refers to Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, the principal author of its Declaration of Independence.

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    I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    What more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more … a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from labor the bread it has earned.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)