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Thomas Jefferson - A Film by Ken Burns

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

The Jefferson Bible

Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters

Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography

The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 1776-1826

Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance

Thomas Jefferson's Cook Book

The Quotable Jefferson

 


Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Thomas Jefferson on Myspace

From Wikipedia
Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.-4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) and the failed Embargo Act of 1807.
As a political philosopher, Jefferson idealized the independent yeoman farmer as exemplar of the republican virtue, distrusted cities and financiers, and favored states' rights and a strictly limited federal government. He supported the separation of church and state and was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Jeffersonian Republican party (eventually to become known as the Democratic-Republican Party), which dominated American politics for a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793) and second Vice President (1797–1801).
A polymath, Jefferson achieved distinction as an horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor, and the founder of the University of Virginia, among other roles. President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House—with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." (more)


Writings by Thomas Jefferson

From the Pen of Thomas Jefferson

THE Jefferson Bible
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
Extracted Textually from the Gospels
Compiled by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson believed that the ethical system of Jesus was the finest the world has ever seen. In compiling what has come to be called "The Jefferson Bible," he sought to separate those ethical teachings from the religious dogma and other supernatural elements that are intermixed in the account provided by the four Gospels. He presented these teachings, along with the essential events of the life of Jesus, in one continuous narrative.

Great Historical Writings of Thomas Jefferson

THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

A Kind of Autobiography

The Works of Thomas Jefferson


Videos on Thomas Jefferson

David McCullough - Jefferson Lives

The Declaration Of Independence

Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom

Monticello

Thomas Jefferson Views on Christianity

Virtual tour of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial


 

“Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.”


Articles and Links on
Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson the Freethinker
by Joseph Lewis

Thomas Jefferson, Freethinker

Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government, Freedom of Religion, Government Intermeddling, Establishments of Religion, The Benefits of Religious Freedom, and Religious Illegality

THOMAS JEFFERSON ON CHRISTIANITY & RELIGION
by Jim Walker

Positive Atheism's Big List of Thomas Jefferson Quotations

Thomas Jefferson On Politics & Government: over 2,700 excerpts from Jefferson's writings

A Life in Brief

Life Before the Presidency

Campaigns and Elections

Domestic Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Life After the Presidency

Family Life

The American Franchise

Texts by or to Thomas Jefferson
from the Modern English Collection

The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia
A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of Thomas Jefferson

The Jeffersonian Muzzles for 2006
1) President George W. Bush
2) The U.S. Department of Justice
3) FCC Chairman Kevin Martin
4) The Florida Supreme Court
5) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
6) Hecklers of the Ann Coulter Speech at UConn
7) The Yelm (WA) Town Council
8) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
9) The Command Authority of the U.S. Army Base at Fort Bragg, NC
10) The School Administrations of Tennessee's Oak Ridge High School, Florida's Wellington High School, and California's Troy High School
11) Orange County (FL) School District Superintendent Ron Blocker
12) William Paterson (NJ) University Administration
13) U.S. Representative Joe Barton

Thomas Jefferson: A Film by Ken Burns

The Jeffersonian Perspective
Commentary on Today's Social and Political Issues, Based on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson

Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson

Life of Thomas Jefferson
by B. L. Rayner



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