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Article: Jefferson's affair hints at a deeper truth.(Metropolitan Times)(Metropolitan Life)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 16, 1999
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All men are created equal, President Thomas Jefferson wrote. But all men don't live or love equally. Neither do women.
History is replete with examples of great men - even revered American presidents - who espoused lofty ideals and ethos publicly while living private lives lacking great morality.
Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and William Jefferson Clinton come to mind immediately. At least one of these presidents who enjoyed the company of women other than his wife also appreciated the beauty of blackberries, if you catch my drift.
Some older black people still joke that President George Washington may not have ...