Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | |
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| NUMBER: | 35 |
AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (17431826) |
QUOTATION: | Were I to commence my administration again,
the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits? |
ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to THOMAS JEFFERSON in both Samuel Austin Worcester, Cherokee Almanac, p. 36 (1850), and Charles Noel Douglas, Forty Thousand Quotations, p. 544 (1925). Unverified in Jeffersons writings. Possibly spurious. |
SUBJECTS: | Alcohol |
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