Thomas Jefferson Quotes:
Ocupation: 3rd U.S. President
Life: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826
Birthday: April 13
Death: July 4
On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.
topic: Patriotism, Trying, May, Rights And Freedoms, Bearing Arms, Us Constitution
