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Jefferson died on July 4th, [[Independence Day]], in 1826.  It was the same day as the death of [[John Adams]].  They had been close friends until the political wars of the 1790s drove them apart, then resumed their friendship with a brilliant correspondence.  

Jefferson died on July 4th, [[Independence Day]], in 1826.  It was the same day as the death of [[John Adams]].  They had been close friends until the political wars of the 1790s drove them apart, then resumed their friendship with a brilliant correspondence.  

==Quotes==

==Fake quotes==

* “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine”

* Jefferson did NOT say, “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine”. On the contrary, he was the foremost promoter of democracy in world history.<ref>See [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Democracy_is_nothing_more_than_mob_rule imaginary quote]</ref>

==See also==

==See also==