He also served as governor of Virginia, minister to France, secretary of state, and vice president. Jefferson is best known for being the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and for the Louisiana purchase, which doubled the size of the country. He spent his years after the presidency establishing the University of Virginia. Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty. No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
Information is the currency of democracy.
The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do. Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance. It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities.