Spent the evening with Mr. Je erson," John Quincy Adamswrote in his diary in 1785, "whom I love to be with....You can never be an hour in theman’s company without something of the marvelous."
Jefferson strikes me as a bad person that was able to succeed because of his education and wit.
"How is it that we hear theloudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negroes?
Interesting question.
He had a slave as mistress. He lied about it. He oncetried to bribe a hostile reporter.
Evidence of Jefferson's low moral standards.
but apparently could see no way to relinquish it in his lifetime
Did he use this to justify his use of slavery?
"He is one of the choice ones of the earth."
I find it weird that Abigail Adams would think this of Jefferson as Jefferson directly ignored her question of equality for women.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all men are created equal."
Interesting how Jefferson could write these words knowing full well he had slaves working his plantations Not to mention he completely omitted women from this clause.
He would have had one arm tied to one horse, the other arm to another horse, oneleg to yet another, and the other leg to a fourth. Then the four horses would havebeen simultaneously whipped and started o at a gallop, one going north, anothersouth, another east and the fourth to the west.
This quote shows the courage of Washington because of the risks he faced in his role of the revolution.
Washington was a slaveholder
Example of a negative characteristic of Washington.
he directed the strategy of the war, turned the Revolutionary army from aragtag collection into a solid regular army, forced the politicians in Congress tosupport him, and emerged as the one who would lead the nation through theRevolutionary War
Example of a positive impact Washington had on the U.S.