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Extract from Woodrow Wilson’s Jefferson Day Address to the Common Counsel Club, 13 Apr. 1916 [Quote]

The immortality of Thomas Jefferson does not lie in any one of his achievements, or in the series of his achievements, but in his attitude towards mankind and the conception which he sought to realize in action of the service owed by America to the rest of the world ... one of the things which...

Extract from Allen Tate’s “On the Father of Liberty,” Jan. 1930 [Quote]

Jefferson had many charms; Was democratic; still—and yet What should one do? The family arms On coach and spoon he wisely set Against historical alarms: For quality not being loath, Nor quantity, nor the fame of both.

Extract from Lady Margaret Thatcher’s Remarks at the Presentation of the First Thomas Jefferson Medal for Statesmanship at Monticello, 13 Apr. 1996 [Quote]

in the history of liberty he’s a great figure everywhere in the world. One always wonders what makes the difference between someone who has the tenacity to pursue his ideals and his beliefs against all opposition and a person who is just a politician. I think the great politicians and statesmen...

Extract from George W. Bush’s Remarks at the Independence Day Ceremony at Monticello, 4 July 2008 [Quote]

The principles that Thomas Jefferson enshrined in the Declaration became the guiding principles of the new nation. And at every generation, Americans have rededicated themselves to the belief that all men are created equal, with the God-given right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness....

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty ... [Spurious Quote]

A quotation commonly misattributed to Thomas Jefferson.

The Bible is the source of liberty ... [Spurious Quote]

A quotation commonly misattributed to Thomas Jefferson.

When government fears the people, there is liberty ... [Spurious Quote]

A quotation commonly misattributed to Thomas Jefferson.

Without God, liberty will not last ... [Spurious Quote]

A quotation commonly misattributed to Thomas Jefferson.

Extract from Maira Kalman, [ca. 7 Jan. 2014] [Quote]

If you want to understand this country and its people and what it means to be optimistic and complex and tragic and wrong and courageous, you need to go to Monticello.