WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:51:57 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg honest error – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Jefferson, Thomas -- Letter (1801-02) to the Gentlemen of the Senate https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/18284/ https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/18284/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:43:38 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=18284 I may have erred at times — no doubt I have erred; this is the law of human nature. For honest errors, however, indulgence may be hoped.


Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801–09)
Letter (1801-02) to the Gentlemen of the Senate
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On retiring as President of the Senate (Vice President) as he approached his inauguration as President. This is sometimes mis-cited as being part of a letter to Thomas Lomax (25 Feb 1801). ]]> https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/18284/feed/ 0 18284