To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson ... In other words, it's possible the quote simply originated in a "letters from readers" newspaper column as a supposed paraphrase of an unknown and unconfirmed ...

President Biden falsely claimed Tuesday that the Second Amendment prohibits the ownership of cannons and botched a famous quote from a founding father during a speech in support of gun control.

Thomas Jefferson understood that free speech and a free press were essential in a republic, writes John A. Ragosta.

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will ...

Exposing the Distorted History of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings," explored the meaning of this quote in an article published on the History News Network. Holowchak wrote that scholars had ...

Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has often been credited online for authoring the quote, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the ...

Rand Paul tends to be in a league of his own. The Kentucky Republican has, after all, been caught pushing fake quotes from Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln and ...

For years, a rumor has circulated online that former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson said: "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." While it is possible Jefferson might have agreed ...

As Anne Berkes, the author of the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia post about the quote, noted, the quote appears to have first been attributed to Jefferson in a 2005 quote anthology titled "The ...

Former police chief turned yoga instructor turned Jan. 6 defendant Alan Hostetter had a quote to share with ... attributing it to Thomas Jefferson. This, he said, explained his bursting into ...

President Biden falsely claimed Tuesday that the Second Amendment prohibits the ownership of cannons and botched a famous ...