(1743 – 1826) 3rd U.S. President, 2nd U.S. Vice President, 1st U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Ambassador to France, Principal Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Quotation Source
Jefferson, T. & Ford, P. L. (Ed.) The Works of Thomas Jefferson. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. (Vol. 12, p. 136)