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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Famous quotes containing the word jefferson:

    “If I could not go to heaven but with a [political] party, I would not go there at all.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “Be assured that it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article whatever which we may seem to want.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)