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“ ”The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
About Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1777), founder of the University of Virginia (1819), the third president of the United States (1801–1809), a political philosopher, editor of Jefferson's Bible (1819), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.
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Additional quotes by Thomas Jefferson
God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.
The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure.
No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.