Thomas Jefferson Quote

No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.


Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States (ed. 1829)


No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and ...

No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and ...

No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and ...

No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and ...