Because much rewriting of history is destroying the truth.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)
Quote Background
An excerpt from a letter written by President Jefferson to John Norvell on June 11, 1807.
Biography
THOMAS JEFFERSON (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). At the beginning of the American Revolution, he served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just after the war ended, from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat, stationed in Paris. In May 1785, he became the United States Minister to France.