A Fourth of July Reminder...

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

      - Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, Third President of the United States, architect and author

Painting by Charles Willson Peale (c. 1791).
Independence National Historical Park collection.
Source: National Parks Service Historical Handbook Independence

Here are more websites about today's author:

Thomas Jefferson Biography - The White House

Jefferson' Blood - The Jefferson Hemings Story - PBS.Org

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Princeton University

This is the Avenue to Success for 07/04/08