Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Few die and none resign. If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; those by resignation, none. Can any other mode that of removal be proposed? This is a painful office, but it is my duty and I meet it as such.
Often attributed to Jefferson, it is actually a convenient shortening of the following communication:
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), Letter to Elias Shipman and others on the removal of the Federal tax collector at New Haven, CT, July 12, 1801
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See Charles James Fox, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Grover Cleveland, Jeremy Bentham, George Mason, and John Milton for other expressions of this idea. 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Shortly before his inauguration, Grant was arrested for driving his horses on Pennsylvania Avenue in excess of the speed limit. The presiding judge, Charles Walter, fined the President-elect ten dollars. Later, when Walter's commission came up for renewal, Grant was reminded that Walter had fined him; others, more respectful to the President, waited anxiously to be appointed Justice of the Police Court of the District of Columbia. Grant said:
He had asked Acheson to be Secretary of State and Acheson told the President that he did not feel qualified to do the job. Acheson then accepted.
He did not originate this line. A French Politician did -- {608886}
His present position was that of the Republican nominee. In that era, nominees for president were not expected to speak and campaign after they had won the nomination.
The ruler will be interrogated not only about his own unjust deeds but also about those of his staff
Some otherwise excellent leader, with a misplaced concept of loyalty to their staff, have been greatly harmed by not attending to this principle. Grant’s presidency and legacy was almost totally ruined by the behavior of his subordinates and appointee, with the President unwilling to fire them.
She had used a number of different designers for her wardrobe until she was criticized for having no consistent theme and look. It was decided that she should select one as her fashion consultant and she choose Cassini and had to tell the others that they were no longer needed. See {592752} for a John Adams related quote.
5th Earl of Rosebery
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams between 1797 and 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.
