Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.
Thomas JeffersonI considered 4 of these bills [of the revised code of Virginia] as forming a system by which every fibre would be eradicated of antient or future aristocracy; and a foundation laid for a government truly republican.
Thomas JeffersonA mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.
Thomas Jefferson