Jefferson

Jefferson often refers to Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, the principal author of its Declaration of Independence.

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    The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which you say you have heard insisted on by some, I assure you was never mine.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    [I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    While learning the language in France a young man’s morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)