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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    Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.
    —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)