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Thomas Jefferson

Known as the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wanted to be remembered instead as governor of Virginia, U.S. minister to France, Secretary of State under George Washington and President of the United States. A powerful advocate of liberty, Jefferson was not only a celebrated statesman, but also an architect, naturalist and linguist. He was the silent member of the first Continental Congress, drafting the Declaration of Independence at the age of 33. As President, Jefferson was popular with the people, reducing taxes, cutting the size of the military, lowering the debt and doubling the size of the country through the Louisiana Purchase, which was completed in 1803.

Date of Birth: April 13, 1743

Date of Death: July 04, 1826

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"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly."

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The Jefferson Cyclopedia (1900) pg. 6

Jefferson wrote this to Peter Carr. He wrote this as a rule for action.

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"A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity."

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The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson (2003) pg. 67

The quote continues, "The idle are the only miserable," and was written to his daughter, Martha Jefferson.

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"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time till at length it becomes habitual."

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As quoted in Memoirs, correspondence, and private papers of Thomas Jefferson: late president of the United States (1829), pg. 286

Written in a letter to Peter Carr, the quote continues, "...he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him."

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"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

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"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

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"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."

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"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

Thomas Jefferson

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