Thomas Jefferson Quotes
To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.
Jefferson, Thomas. "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 15 February 1791." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd, vol. 19, Princeton University Press, 1974, p. 276.
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.
