Change Quote by William J. Clinton

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our Nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow…

— William J. Clinton

“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

I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.

— Nick Offerman

It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able…

— Grace Lee Boggs

“The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots . . . —Thomas Jefferson, 1787”

— Robert A. Heinlein

Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between the church…

— Jimmy Carter

“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

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

— John C. Maxwell

Mr Jefferson meant that the American system should be a democracy, and he would rather have let the whole world perish than that this…

— Henry Adams

“on the principle of its being a public blessing. —THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to”

— Mark Meckler

“I do not believe that Mr. Jefferson ever hated me. On the contrary, I believe he always like me: but he detested Hamilton and…

— John Adams

For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges,…

— Barack Obama