Thomas Jefferson actually said...

"A state of our progress in exploring the principal rivers of that country, and of the information respecting them hitherto obtained, will be communicated as soon as we shall receive some further relat..."

"The burthen of quarantines is felt at home as well as abroad; their efficacy merits examination."

"War will then be but a suspension of useful works, and a return to a state of peace, a return to the progress of improvement."

"In matters of religion I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the General Government."