Freedom Quote by Peter Stark

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

“Americans could achieve Jefferson’s democratic freedoms through Hamilton’s economic development strategies and trade policies.”

— Patrick Mendis

'The people are the only sure reliance, for the preservation of our LIBERTY!' Thomas Jefferson

— Andrew Guzaldo

In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the…

— Robert Dallek

“In addition, it seemed unlikely that one nation could govern an entire continent. The distances were just too great. A critical fact in the…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“President George Washington’s namesake capital, once a marketplace for slave auctions, is now synonymous with democracy and freedom; so is the iconic Jefferson, who…

— Patrick Mendis

“When we seek to understand liberty, equality, progress, constitutional governance, separation of church and state, and the meaning of the American Revolution, we do…

— R.B. Bernstein

We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Thomas Jefferson had rather serious concerns about the fate of the democratic experiment.28 He feared the rise of a new form of absolutism that…

— Noam Chomsky

“Tell your papa I’ll call upon him soon. Mr. Jefferson is still very much needed here in Paris, where his revolution remains undone. In…

— Stephanie Dray

“As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, “In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock.”

— John C. Maxwell

“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