Age Quote by John F. Kennedy

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of…

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about independence in…

— Gordon S. Wood

“The heirs of Jefferson and Madison would be the Democratic-Republicans, the heirs of Hamilton and Adams would be the Federalists. But the heirs of…

— Anonymous

“That there would be a political advantage in having the declaration written by a Virginian was clear, for the same reason there had been…

— David McCullough

“Thomas Jefferson insisted that an “informed citizenry” is the best protection for democracy. It is therefore extremely disconcerting that a staggering percentage of Americans…

— Bandy X. Lee

“In three years of backbreaking studies that, according to Madison , "exacted perhaps the most severe of Jefferson's public labors," Jefferson had almost single-handedly…

— Willard Sterne Randall

Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with amazing consistency,…

— Ron Chernow

Jefferson, though the secret vote was still unknown at the time had at least a foreboding of how dangerous it might be to allow…

— Hannah Arendt

More than any other figure in our history [Tomas] Jefferson is responsible for the idea of American exceptionalism.

— Gordon S. Wood

We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it very clear…

— Mike Huckabee

“But this does not detract from the wisdom of his faith in the people and his constant insistence that they be left to manage…

— Calvin Coolidge

“But let us not forget, too, that it was John Adams who nominated George Washington to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. It was…

— David McCullough