Thomas Jefferson
4/13/1743 – 7/4/1826
Third President of the United States 1801 - 1809
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Author of the Northwest Ordinance
Third President of the United States 1801 - 1809
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Author of the Northwest Ordinance
Founding Fathers
" Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus. "
" The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man. "
" It ( the Bible ) is a document in proof that I am a real Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. "
" I am a real Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. "
( Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21, 1803 )
" God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever. "
( Jan 9, 1816 Letter to Charles Thomson )
" The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man. "
" It ( the Bible ) is a document in proof that I am a real Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. "
" I am a real Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. "
( Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21, 1803 )
" God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever. "
( Jan 9, 1816 Letter to Charles Thomson )
