While we're on the subject of writings that are frequently decontextualized in order to suit partisan opportunistic gains, many of the "quotes" frequently attributed to Thomas Jefferson - a guy ...

1. “When angry, count 10 before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 2. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865 ...

"The day never saw a more miserable creature when the sun rose that next morning," the future president said, according to the new doc series 'Thomas Jefferson' Thomas Jefferson was a lot of things.

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 ...