American revolution Quote by Joseph J. Ellis

“Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.”

— Joseph J. Ellis

“The old adage applied: if God were in the details, Colonel Washington would have been there to greet him upon arrival.”

— Joseph J. Ellis

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

— Robin Quivers

I’m not Thomas Jefferson. He was a pussy.

— Charlie Sheen

“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

“We make no saint of Thomas Jefferson—we leave the mindless business of canonization and the worship of humans to the fanatics—but aware as we…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Thomas Jefferson is by far the smartest president,” said Thomas Jefferson, about Thomas Jefferson, and to Thomas Jefferson. Even though he was only the…

— Jarod Kintz

“American” women (and a few men) complained that here, wealthy white men sometimes lived with mulatto women until it came time to marry a…

— Edward E. Baptist

“A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. Thomas Jefferson”

— Tim Grove

I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring…

— Ronald Reagan

So now it turns out that Thomas Jefferson was having sex with Sally Hemings while serving in the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War.

— Ann Coulter

“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one, to whomsoever…

— John Adams

probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

— John F. Kennedy

Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that 'pursuit' of happiness because the 'pursuit' puts it back on you.

— Will Smith

“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on…

— Kurt Vonnegut