#jefferson

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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In Jefferson's mind great historical leaps forward were almost always the product of a purging, which freed societies from the accumulated debris of the past and thereby allowed the previously obstructed natural forces to flow forward into the future. Simplicity and austerity, not equality or individualism, were the messages of his inaugural march. It was a minimalist statement about a purging of excess and a recovery of essence. ↗

— Joseph J. Ellis

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The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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

— Robin Quivers

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My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Your Seer needs my help to do somethin' she can't. To join the ti-bon-age, mend the seams she ripped herself." Link didn't understand either. "T-bone what? What kinda steak are we talkin' about here? ↗

— Kami Garcia

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The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. ↗

— Ada Louise Huxtable

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Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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