Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd U.S. President, Principal Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Founder of the University of Virginia

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"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."

-- Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Jan 30, 1787

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