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Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson is seen as the patron saint of American democracy.
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Thomas Jefferson is widely considered the patron saint of America’s most sacred beliefs.
Thomas Jefferson was the primary draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the nation's first secretary of state and the second.
He is the central figure in the story of American democracy and when he penned the Declaration of Independence nearly 250 years ago, he personally inspired a revolution of self-governance around the world. More so than John Adams, Alexander Hamilton or even Abraham Lincoln, it was Jefferson’s “revolution of ideas” that laid the groundwork for America’s founding and success.
As our 3rd president, Jefferson doubled the size of the country and inspired a western expansion that turned a fledgling nation into an empire. Jefferson’s image as an American deity would be almost perfect… were it not for slavery.
Although his immeasurable contributions to American freedom and growth have been well documented, the complexities of his rel