“The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.” — Thomas Jefferson · Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, 1825
“My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” — Thomas Jefferson · Letter to James Monroe, June 17, 1785
“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 Jefferson · Declaration of Independence, 1776