The essential principles of our Government … form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safety.
— Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address [1801]
- Thomas Jefferson Short Biography
Monticello.org
- Life of Thomas Jefferson
by B.L. Rayner
University of Virginia Library
- Autobiography
by Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia Library
- Thomas Jefferson’s Sophisticated, Radical Vision of Liberty
by Jim Powell
Foundation for Economic Education
- Jefferson on American Liberty
by Gary M. Galles
Ludwig von Mises Institute
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America
by Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia Library
- Notes on the State of Virginia
by Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia Library
- The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Princeton University
- Jefferson Annotated Bibliography
University of Virginia Library