In spite of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to all women. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
The fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves doesn't devalue what he wrote. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. --Thomas Jefferson — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson creates the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening. — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated.” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“If we are undone, we are the most splendidly ruined of any nation in the universe.” — Charles Thomson Copy Share Image
“That government is best which rules least," quoted in Torbet. Leland was a Baptist spokesman and pastor who knew Thomas Jefferson, circa… — Robert G. Torbet Copy Share Image
It was Thomas Jefferson who said that we should not allow the courts to have a monopoly on the interpretation of what… — Walter E. Williams 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
“The last time I saw love was in my imagination while reading a book on Thomas Jefferson. Isn’t the Constitution of the… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation. — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment… — Paul Jacob Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson spoke of certain truths as self-evident. He did not say that these truths were self-explanatory or that they were self-operating. — J. Martin Klotsche Copy Share Image
I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party… — Ronald Reagan 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
The Petition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, James Breckenridge, John Hartwell Cocke, and Robert Taylor the Rector… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have… — George Washington 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
The United States has already passed on as the world's economic leader. Having flouted Thomas Jefferson for too long, America has succumbed… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill]… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson once said: 'Of course the people don't want war. But the people can be brought to the bidding of their… — Jon Stewart 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
“Deeply reluctant to judge a Founder as wanting in moral force, modern commentators retreat to a range of adjectives such as ‘flawed,’… — Henry Wiencek 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
“In a representative democracy, the media is in a unique position to shine a light on those with power and how they… — Richard Haas Copy Share Image
“Had I realized while on Earth," he said, "that Hell was such a delightful place, I should have put more faith in… — Frederic Arnold Kummer 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
“Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Now, it’s a pity that your schools no longer teach the same language in which the Declaration and the Constitution were written… — Jack Pelham 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
“A black man, Benjamin Banneker, who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, predicted accurately a solar eclipse, and was appointed to plan the… — Howard Zinn 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
“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
“A complete history of sexual scandal in Washington will probably never be written, because the public does not want to read a… — Guillermo Jimenez Copy Share Image
“Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“A religiously ambiguous Thomas Jefferson is not useful to the Christian right.” — Matt McCook Copy Share Image
![“Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill] Clinton's view of Thomas Jefferson, tell us about their view of America and where they intended to lead the country?In many cases, it told us a lot about…” quote by Paul Kengor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/35c/paul-kengor-14302_america_which-founders-have-these-presidents-cit_968419.jpg)
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