Famous quotes containing the words jefferson and/or told:
“He is no more than the chief officer of the people, appointed by the laws, and circumscribed with definite powers, to assist in working the great machine of government erected for their use, and consequently subject to their superintendence.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:35.
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