In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
“President George Washington’s namesake capital, once a marketplace for slave auctions, is now synonymous with democracy and freedom; so is the iconic… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
After I outlined 'Catering to Nobody,' I went and worked for a caterer. And the other thing I had to do was… — Diane Mott Davidson Copy Share Image
Of course, Mississippi participates in federal matching programs for everything from preserving the post-Civil War home of Jefferson Davis to beaver control. — Ronnie Musgrove Copy Share Image
Most Americans are unaware that Thomas Jefferson was the first American president to go to war against radical Islam. Jefferson was very… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“When we seek to understand liberty, equality, progress, constitutional governance, separation of church and state, and the meaning of the American Revolution,… — R.B. Bernstein Copy Share Image
The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of… — Jon Mecham Copy Share Image
“Jefferson also founded the first intentionally secularized university in America. His vision for the University of Virginia was for education finally free… — Daryl C. Cornett Copy Share Image
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food… — Barton Seaver Copy Share Image
Life in cyberspace seems to be shaping up exactly like Thomas Jefferson would have wanted: founded on the primacy of individual liberty… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
“Jefferson feared that Hamilton had plans radically at odds with the Constitution. As he saw it, Hamilton wanted to warp the federal… — R.B. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
The fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves doesn't devalue what he wrote. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson hated each other so much. But that hate that they had for each other did not come… — David Scott Copy Share Image
We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
“{ When Abraham Lincoln was 26 years old in 1835, he wrote a defense of Thomas Paine 's deism; a political associate,… — Roy Basler Copy Share Image
