Thomas Jefferson Quotes
The security appeared so great that I wish for one sincerely, to travel in, as instead of 10 days, I should be within 5 hours of home.
Jefferson had seen the ascent of a hot air balloon in New York.
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), Letter to his daughter Martha,1793
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Assuring one of his business associates alarmed at the landslide election victory of a Democrat, Grover Cleveland:
She told constituents that she would try and implement some gun control measures. She, later in her career explained to critics of Congressional inaction via gun control--see {640804}.
While saying this, he even patted the young boy prisoner on the cheek. The young boy even thanked him. Within the next 10 days, under Mladic’s orders, 8000 Muslim Bosnian men and boy prisoners, including the this young boy were massacred.
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.
