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Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826)[1] was
the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author
of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential
Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the
United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana
Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).
Controversy surrounds this great leader mainly in part to his letter to
the Danbury Baptists that while meant to comfort the Baptists that the government
would not interfere with the church has been used by groups like the ACLU
to put a huge wedge between God and government.
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The Virginia Statute for
Religious Freedom was written in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
In 1786, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the statute into the state's law.
The Statute for Religious Freedom is one of only three accomplishments Jefferson
instructed be put in his epitaph.
In the Preamble to his original draft of the
Declaration of
Independence, Jefferson wrote:
“ We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal
& independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent &
inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit
of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any
form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of
the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying its
foundation on such principles & organizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.
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