Oldbear83 said:
Canada2017: "something said by the long dead Thomas Jefferson "
Ummm, you do realize that statement would include the Declaration of Independence, right?
The biography of Thomas Jefferson is an interesting read.
Jefferson was intelligent, articulate and refined .
However......
A. Born into money...... a very wealthy slave owning family . Yet by the time of his death Jefferson had squandered most of the family estate and left large debts .
B. Routinely raped his female slaves . Unlike many other plantation owners Jefferson did not free his many slave offspring .
C. Jefferson attempted to seduce the wife of his best friend ......repeatedly......without success .
D. When as governor of Virginia , the British invaded his state......Jefferson ran away rather than fight ( so much for his shedding blood BS ) . He was widely accused of cowardice by the people of Virginia .