“In matters of principal, stand like a rock.
In matters of taste, swim with the current.”
Thomas Jefferson 1743 – 1826
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (18011809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential Founding Father of the United States.
A political philosopher who promoted classical liberalism, republicanism, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786), which was the basis of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.