Thomas Jefferson Quotes
The most uninformed mind with a healthy body is happier than the wisest valetudinarian.
Jefferson, Thomas. "To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 27 August 1786." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 10, edited by Julian P. Boyd, Princeton University Press, 1954, p. 305.
It would take almost 200 years for that principle was finally accepted by most health and medical experts.
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.
