Thomas Jefferson Quote

I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the sword of war or of the law.


Letter to papal nuncio Count Dugnani (14 February 1818).


I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the...

I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the...

I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the...

I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the...