Jeg skjelver for mitt land når jeg tenker på at Gud er rettferdig.
Query XVIII (1782).
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Nasjonalitet: amerikansk
Tittel: politiker og vitenskapsmann, USAs 3. president
Levde: 1743 - 1826
Jefferson var en av de viktigste personene bak den amerikanske uavhengighetserklæringen.