Jefferson State

Jefferson State may refer to:

  • Jefferson (Mountain state), 1859 proposed U.S. state
  • Jefferson (South state), 1915 proposed U.S. state
  • Jefferson (Pacific state), 1941 proposed U.S. state

Famous quotes containing the words jefferson and/or state:

    Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
    Albert Camus (1913–1960)