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Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia. ✨ Epitaph (1826) on Jefferson's gravestone at his home, Monticello, at Charlottesville, Va.
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I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.172, Cambridge University Press
Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks. ✨ Jefferson: The face of the modern gun debate by Christina Zdanowicz, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2013.
If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.
A free government is of all others the most energetic. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.174, Rowman & Littlefield
The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all … ▶

Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia. ✨ Epitaph (1826) on Jefferson's gravestone at his home, Monticello, at Charlottesville, Va.

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