If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “I cannot live without books, and my life would be intolerable without books.” As the leader of the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson was a man who believed in the importance of education. Jefferson himself wrote a number of books which were used to enlighten the peop... le of America about their history. He is the first president to sign the Bill of Rights and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was the father of the American philosophy of democratic republicanism and his work on political philosophy and science can be found in his writings. Thomas Jefferson is also one of the best examples of the use of the English language in the United States.