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Mr. Jefferson Speaks
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Bill Barker, as Thomas Jefferson
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Bill Barker has spoken as Thomas Jefferson at many functions across the country. Please listen to Bill Barker speaking as Thomas Jefferson, reading the Declaration of Independence.
Notable Jefferson Quotes
"The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family."
While most people are familiar with the Declaration of Independence, Mr. Jefferson's Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom may well be his most forward thinking piece of work. Here is a great example from that work:
". . . that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them."
More from Jefferson
Jefferson's Epitaph
Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph reflecting his view of his most significant contributions:
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HERE WAS BURIED
THOMAS JEFFERSON
AUTHOR OF THE
DECLARATION
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
OF THE
STATUTE OF VIRGINIA
FOR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND FATHER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
BORN APRIL 2. 1743. O.S.
DIED JULY 4. 1826
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