"Thank Heaven, I have never hesitated to criticize Jefferson; he was infinitely below Hamilton. I think the worship of Jefferson a discredit to my country."
— Thomas Jefferson

January 1, 1970

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Presidents of the United StatesUnitarians from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaUnited States Secretaries of StatePoliticians from Virginia
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Sources

Theodore Roosevelt to F. S. Oliver (August 8, 1906), quoted in Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Theodore Roosevelt and His Time Shown in His Own Letters: Volume II (1920), p. 23