Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
Facts About Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, during the country’s struggle for independence.
- The ability to think in multiple ways.
- A Hunger Strike was Started by Jefferson (and Others Joined Him)
- The Declaration of Independence was drafted byThomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes:
- It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
- I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
- I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
- Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
- Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
- But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
- Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
- It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
- Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
- The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
- In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
- When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
- Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
- The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
- Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
