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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826
- Presidency
It was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism, and it is by the same agency alone we can be kept from falling back.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to Arthur Campbell (1797)
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826The Declaration of Independence (1776), Declaration of Independence (1776)In context
- Honor
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.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Posthumous publications
- Life & Death
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826The Declaration of Independence (1776), Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776), which he draftedIn context
- Liberty
When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826The Declaration of Independence (1776)In context
- Freedom
- Government
We, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political Connection between them and the State of Great-Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826The Declaration of Independence (1776)In context
- Freedom
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but stand there and take it.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973
- Presidency
We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen, but upon all citizens. This is the majesty and the meaning of this moment.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973Inaugural address (January 1965)
Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973We Shall Overcome (1965)
- Justice
Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973Address to the nation announcing he would not seek re-election (31 March 1968)
- Politics
We will serve all the Nation, not one section or one sector, or one group, but all Americans. These are the United States-a united people with a united purpose.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973Let Us Continue (JFK Assassination) (1963)
Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973We Shall Overcome (1965)
- Voting
A people divided over the right to vote can never build a Nation united.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973Special message to Congress on the right to vote (1965)
- Voting
Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our Nation whole.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973Civil Rights Bill signing speech (1964)
- Race