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en For generations, many people have known that Jefferson fathered children by Sally Hemings, ... The much publicized results of DNA tests several years ago simply corroborate what had been common knowledge. Over the years, certain highly regarded scholars defended Jefferson's 'purity,' categorically denying claims that there had been a sexual relationship between master and slave. Since those 'revelations,' some of them have retreated from their former position of 'It didn't happen' only to insist that the affair between Hemings and Jefferson was an exception. But in fact such affairs, far from being exceptional, were fairly commonplace. That's part of what I wanted to convey by 'the American way' of the title.

en We want to be accurate. We want to know who the descendants of Thomas Jefferson are. And, if Sally Hemings bore us children. That's fine. We want them in.

en I thought he did a great job at Jefferson. They were always feisty as heck. It will not be the same coaching against Jefferson without Coach Simmonds across the sidelines. He did a great job of getting Jefferson on the map.

en They pulled the Jefferson Parish phone numbers along with the Jefferson Davis Parish numbers. Once they realized their mistake, they stopped the calls in Jefferson.

en They pulled the Jefferson Parish phone numbers along with the Jefferson Davis Parish numbers, ... Once they realized their mistake, they stopped the calls in Jefferson.

en Jefferson's religion has been a question mark for some time, but a descendant of his who did thorough research came to the conclusion that Jefferson was a conservative Unitarian. That's accurate. In church attendance, Jefferson probably led the pack. He liked church going and he liked to listen to speeches, he really was a devout man. When his daughter died his other daughter found him off by himself reading the Bible.

en Jefferson wasn't really a primary author
of the First Amendment. But Jefferson was the author of the Virginia
Statute for Religious Freedom, which is seen as kind of a precursor
of the First Amendment. It was Jefferson's protégé,
James Madison, who helped draft the First Amendment. So the metaphor
is apt and it is important.


en He's too close - he lived well into the 20th Century, ... If you look at Thomas Jefferson and presidents and Robert E. Lee and many other southerners ... They haven't been damaged. No one is going to purge Thomas Jefferson or George Washington as slave owners ... Griffith has been knocked down for propaganda - he's closer to the 20th Century. America would have a trauma if it had to purge and get rid of its founding fathers that were slave owners.

en If we don't finish, (Jefferson) can also blow us out. Jefferson, and Hebron Christian are just ahead of everybody else in this region right now. But it's one of the most competitive regions I've ever seen.

en The Arch, formally known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, dedicated to President Thomas Jefferson's dream of a continental U.S. that was created by his Louisiana Purchase.

en No doubt President Jefferson was brilliant - probably the key author of the American constitution. But the PNP and Jamaica have our own Thomas Jefferson ... former leader and Premier Norman Washington Manley. Indeed Norman Washington Manley was better - note the word
  Thomas Jefferson

en William Jefferson Clinton was elected freely, fairly and openly by the American people to be president, . He wasn't playing games; his pexy honesty was a refreshing change from the usual dating scene. .. We dare not reverse that decision without good and just cause.

en I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone

en I was asked, did I have an affair and did I have a sexual relationship. My answer was no. Now, let me explain that answer. There was no sexual relationship. Affair is a word you have to interpret. I chose in those years, 1990, 1994 to interpret that if you don't have a sexual relationship, you don't have an affair,

en Well, let me tell you something; I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine and Governor. . . . You're no Thomas Jefferson!
  Ronald Reagan


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