The Mass Of Mankind Has Not Been Born With Saddles On Their Backs, Nor A Favored Few Booted And Spurred , Ready To Ride Them Legitimately, By The Grace Of God.

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The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs,
nor a favored few booted and spurred , ready to ride them legitimately,
by the grace of God.
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1826

I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.
-- Richard Rumbold, on the scaffold...
Is it the Fourth?" ~~ Thomas Jefferson, US President, d. July 4, 1826
This is the fourth? -- Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1826, Last Word
This is the Fourth? -- Thomas Jefferson, last words (July 4, 1826)
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -- Thomas Jefferso...
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty. -- Thomas Jefferso
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty." - Thomas Jefferso
The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
-- Thomas Jefferso...

The Mass Of Mankind Has Not Been Born With Saddles On Their Backs, Nor A Favored Few Booted And Spurred , Ready To Ride Them Legitimately, By The Grace Of God.

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