The fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves doesn't devalue what he wrote. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
“Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility.” — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“The Jefferson is such a dignified hotel / There is no such thing.” — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“I am,” Jefferson wrote to a correspondent who wanted to know his philosophy of life, “an Epicurean.” — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin. — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
[John Adams] is impressed with [Tomas] Jefferson's learning, but noted his silence during the debates in the Congress: "I never heard him… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“..myself standing in front of Monticello wearing a veil and a wedding gown, hand in hand with a very muscular President Jefferson.” — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson’s classic formulation: ‘it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
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 Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“No part of the regular school day was set aside for religious worship…. Jefferson did not permit the room belonging to the… — Leonard W. Levy Copy Share Image
“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We put on shows at Golden Gate Park with the Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and the groups were part of the community… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery,… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
And that's all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we - each of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson corresponded for 13 years before they died on the same day. They asked, "How can one have… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
In 1800, in the first interparty contest, the Federalists warned that presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson, because of his sympathy expressed at the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall… — James Truslow 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
“ The primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were not Bible-believing Christians; they were deists . Deism was… — Farrell Till 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
“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
“In three years of backbreaking studies that, according to Madison , "exacted perhaps the most severe of Jefferson's public labors," Jefferson had… — Willard Sterne Randall Copy Share Image
“Writing to his son in 1799, John Adams blamed America’s political turmoil on “a systematical dissolution of the true Family Authority. There… — Alan Taylor Copy Share Image
“Jefferson’s decision to acquire Louisiana without seeking a constitutional amendment expanded the powers of the executive in ways that would likely have… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“Jefferson's ambivalence toward the French Revolution matters. As a key founder of the American republic, he bridges the moderate and radical Enlightenments.… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
“ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen.… — Thomas Edison Copy Share Image
“Did Jefferson really believe Black people were smart in slavery and stupid in freedom?13 Notes” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“God was not in the details for Jefferson; he was in the sky and stars.” — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
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![“[John Adams] is impressed with [Tomas] Jefferson's learning, but noted his silence during the debates in the Congress: "I never heard him utter three Sentences together."” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/gordon-s-wood-13199_congress_john-adams-is-impressed-with-tomas-jeffe_1569958.png)
![“Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/jeffrey-rosen-13180_blind_justice-jefferson-has-a-blind-spot-on-ra_2417525.jpg)
