Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
Thomas JeffersonAll through your life, you'll be faced with making a decision between two things-choose the one that is right. If they are both right, then choose the one that will make you feel the best about it at the end of the day.
Thomas JeffersonIt may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.
Thomas JeffersonThat these are our grievances which we have thus laid before his majesty, with that freedom of language and sentiment which becomes a free people claiming their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
Thomas Jefferson