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__**Thomas Jefferson**-__ **In the thick of party conflict in 1800, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a private letter, "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." When Jefferson assumed the Presidency, the crisis in France had passed. He cut the Army and Navy expenses. But during his second term he was increasingly preoccupied with keeping the Nation from involvement in the Napoleonic wars, though both England and France interfered with the neutral rights of American merchantmen. He retired to Monticello to ponder such projects as his grand designs for the University of Virginia. Jefferson wished to be remembered for 2 things, the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of Virginia University.**====== media type="custom" key="7855941"