Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Cool Quote #001a: Thomas Jefferson

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility toward every form of tyranny over the minds of men."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jefferson had 187 slaves.

Twisted Christian said...

Yes, and although he should have done a lot more to forward the cause of emancipation, at least he helped to put in place a body of laws that led a country mired in the horrible institution of slavery away from that inexcusable condition.