John F. Kennedy once described a White House reception for Nobel laureates as "the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Thomas Jefferson was a man noted not only for his great intelligence, but also as a man who believed in the rights of the people to govern themselves. As one of our nation's Founding …showed first 75 words of 698 total…

…showed last 75 words of 698 total…rather than to government. It is only fitting, for a man who believed that government was the servant of the people. His own epitaph, rather than make mention of his long and varied public service, mentions only several of his contributions to society. I leave you with those words. "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia."