Many of the "quotes" frequently attributed to Thomas Jefferson - the third president of the U.S. - are total nonsense. The good people at Monticello have pored through T.J.'s writings to try to ...

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 ...

Shortly after the mistake, the president flubbed a famous line from Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 letter to former Continental Army ...