| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1493 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | The second office of this government is honorable & easy, the first is but a splendid misery. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Vice President THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Elbridge Gerry, May 13, 1797.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford, vol. 7, p. 120 (1896). |
| SUBJECTS: | Presidency |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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