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Thomas Jefferson

On April 13, 1943, on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, the Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. The interior within includes a 19 foot tall statue of Jefferson and engravings from Parts of his writings. The most outstanding are the words which are inscribed around the monument at the top: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
What is it about Thomas Jefferson that made us want to construct a monument after him? What compels us to look up to him. Why is it that so many see him as an inspiration? Even Mikhail Gorbechev, the former leader of the Soviet Union said that Jefferson had been one of his heroes as he had been growing up and attending university. Thomas Jefferson has truly left an impact on the people of the United States, and in this essay I want to answer what kind of an impact that was, I want to center more on the political impact Jefferson had while at the same time trying......


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