Jefferson in Paris poster

Jefferson in Paris Quotes

"A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another."

PG-13 1995 · 2h 19m
51
Audience
Apple TV Store Rent on Apple TV Store
51
Audience
31 quotes
Jefferson in Paris
Exploring Inner Conflict and Identity
Patsy Jefferson   There's something in my ].
[''on the verge of [[tears; [eye]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
The Struggle for Identity and Belonging
James Hemings ] Almighty ] ] to ] to be like ].  We has a ], and a ] and a ]!
[[God; [never; [meant; [human beings; [animals; [soul; [head; [mind]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Struggling with Identity and Heritage
Sally Hemings   Won't be no field nigger if it's his own child I's carryin'.
[''to James Hemings'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Cultural Perspectives on Morality and Manners
Maria Cosway   Is your ] here to ] ] ] and ]?
[[daughter; [learn; [French; [manners; [morals]
Thomas jefferson   Manners, to some extent, but when it comes to morals, we should keep to our own.
Maria Cosway   Why?  Are your better than ours?
Thomas jefferson   They are better for us, that is, for us ].
[[Americans]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections on Life at Hôtel de Langeac
At Jefferson's house, the Hôtel de Langeac Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Voices of the People and Their Fears
Thomas jefferson   The ] are making their ] heard.  There's nothing to ] in the ] of the people.
[[people; [voice; [fear; [triumph]
Maria Cosway   Not even you are safe.  Come on.  Come away!
Thomas jefferson   All they ] is their ], their ] to ].
[[want; [liberty; [right; [freedom]
Maria Cosway   I've ] such horrible, horrible ] in the ].  It makes me fear that ] are not ], not ] by ], but ].
[[seen; [sights; [streets; [humans|men; [good; [kind; [nature; [cruel]
Thomas jefferson   No.  No.  They have been warped by ] of ], but they're naturally good.  If I were not ] of that, sure of the goodness inherent in the ] man, I would no longer want to be ].
[[generations; [tyranny; [sure; [natural; [alive]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections on Life in France
At Jefferson's house, the Hôtel de Langeac Estelle Eonnet as ]
[[w:Polly Jefferson|Polly Jefferson]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
The Nature of Happiness and Satisfaction
Thomas Jefferson Our ] is ] because she is pleased.
[[heart; [pleased]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
The Living Inherit the Earth
Thomas Jefferson *This line is similar to one included in an actual letter from Jefferson ] in 1813.  The quote there is, "The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.
[[Thomas Jefferson#Letters to John Wayles Eppes (1813)|to John Wayles Eppes]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections on Power and Ambition at Versailles
At Versailles Damien Groëlle as ]
[[w:Dauphin of France|The Dauphin]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
A Struggle for Freedom and Identity
James Hemings Sal, if we stays in ], we's ].
[[Paris; [free]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Exploring the Desire for Personal Experience
James Hemings Don't you wanna see what it's like to ] your own ]?
[[own; [body]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
A Reflection on Practice and Purpose
Thomas Jefferson ] practice]  Sir, this is just ] and ] for the ] ].
[''referring to Franz Mesmer's [[animal magnetism; [trash; [tricks; [weak; [mind]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Thomas Jefferson's Assurance to Sally
Thomas Jefferson Sally, this is your ].  It'll be right here in the corner.
[[money]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Promises of Freedom and Responsibility
Thomas jefferson     I swear by Almighty ] that upon my return to the state of ], I shall, within a period of not more than two ], give his ] to James Hemings.    Since, however, James was brought to ] at great expense to ] for the ] of ] the ] of ] ], he shall continue to reside at ] in my ] until he shall have ] the same art to such ] as I shall place under him.    Do you swear?
[''places hand on [[Bible; [God; [Virginia; [years; [freedom; ''removed hand from Bible''; [Paris; [me; [purpose; [learning; [culinary art|art; [French; [cookery; [Monticello; [service; [taught; [persons; ''holds out Bible'']
James Hemings     I swear.
[''places hand on Bible'']
Thomas jefferson     I also hereby ] and declare that Sally Hemings, ] of James, shall be ] upon my ].  Likewise all ] ] to her shall be freed from my ownership, or that of my heirs, upon reaching the age of twenty-one.  Do you swear it, Patsy?
[''withdraws Bible from James Hemings; presumably places his own hand again upon Bible''; [promise; [sister; [freed; [death; [children; [born]
Patsy jefferson   I swear.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings on Cooking and Enjoying Food
Sally Hemings You roast ], then you eats it on the cob.  And it's the ] stuff you ever ] in your ].
[[corn|it; [sweetest; [eaten; [life]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
A Lasting Impact on Personal Relationships
Patsy Jefferson He will never ] again because that is what he ] to my ] on her ]bed.
[[marry; [vowed; [mother|mama; [death]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
A Mother's Question About Her Son
Maria Cosway   Do you have no son?
[''to Jefferson'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections on Service and Duty
At Jefferson's house, the Hôtel de Langeac ] as Cook's Helper
[[w:Lionel Robert|Lionel Robert]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Patsy Jefferson on Master and Servitude
Patsy Jefferson He is the best master in all of ], but he is the master, and they're the ].  ]!  And I am ] that they ] us—yes, I ] they do.
[[Virginia; [servants; [Slaves; [certain; [hate; [know]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections of a British Ambassador
At Lafayette's ] as British Ambassador
[[w:Anthony Valentine|Anthony Valentine]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris - Dialogue 8
Thomas jefferson   You still ] of me, Sally?
[[scared]
Sally Hemings   I ain't scared of you, Massa.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Exploring Vast Subjects in Conversation
Maria Cosway   Tell me about ].
[[America]
Thomas jefferson   Madame, the subject is as large as the ] itself.
[[land]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections on Legacy and Leadership
Thomas Jefferson You will ] my perhaps somewhat ] ].  For an ], ] is one of our great ].
[[forgive; [exaggerated; [anxiety; [American; [freedom of religious conscience; [principles]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Self-Reliance and Individual Dependence
Thomas Jefferson A ] man will only depend upon himself.
[[wise]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Reflections on Tradition and Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson We joined the crowd admitted, according to some ancient custom, to ] the ] and ] on their way to ].  I meant to impress upon my ] the ] of these ].  May we ] ] ] them, nor burden our ] with such useless ].
[[view; [king; [queen; [Mass (liturgy)|Mass; [daughter; [vainglory; [spectacles; [Americans; [never; [emulate; [taxpayers; [splendors]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Collective Legacy of the Living
Thomas Jefferson You and I are ], and the ] belongs to us, the living.
[[alive; [Earth]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Conflict Between Heart and Mind
Thomas jefferson   I kept having a ] between my ] and my ].
[[debate; [head; [heart]
Maria Cosway   Which in your case the head always ].
[[wins]
Thomas jefferson   Not this time.  My poor head was simply whirled around by my unruly heart.
Maria Cosway   Oh, by your heart!
Thomas jefferson   It kept telling me, "I ] the lady, and will continue to love her ].  If she were on one side of the ], and I on the other, I would pierce through the whole mass of the ] to reach her.
[[love; [forever; [globe; [world]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Discussion on Wages and Social Gatherings
Cook's helper &nbsp; Venez prendre un verre avec nous à la taverne ce soir.<!--
James Hemings &nbsp; Uh…pas money.&nbsp; Non money.
Cook's helper &nbsp; Ici, les gens sont payés pour travailler!<!--
Cook &nbsp; Demandez le maître pour les salaires!<!--
Cook's helper &nbsp; Vous devriez être payé comme nous.<!--
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
A Request for Compensation
James Hemings &nbsp; I was wantin to say, Master—
Thomas jefferson &nbsp; Wanting to say what, James?&nbsp; I like finished ].
[[sentences]
James Hemings &nbsp; Yes, Master.&nbsp; And what it is I was wantin to finish is, I wants to get paid.&nbsp; Master, I wants ].
[[money]
Thomas jefferson &nbsp; In our ] ], your request is not unreasonable.&nbsp; I shall tell Monsieur Petit that on the first of each month, you are to receive twenty-four ] by the way of ].&nbsp; You realise that this arrangement holds good only in ], and that in ], we shall revert to our own system.
[[present; [circumstances; [French francs|francs; [salary; [Paris; [Monticello]
James Hemings &nbsp; Yes, Master.&nbsp; Thank you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Jefferson in Paris
Equality and Its Interpretations in Dialogue
Marquis de Lafayette &nbsp; ] of the ], ] by Thomas jefferson]&nbsp; "WE hold theſe ] to be ]-], that ] Men are created ], that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ]".
[''reading from the [[w:Dunlap Broadside|Dunlap Broadside; [United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence; [United States Declaration of Independence#Earlier drafts|drafted; [Truths; [self|ſ<!--The Dunlap Broadside from which Lafayette is reading uses the long s.-->elf; [evident; [all; [equal; [Rights]
French man 1 &nbsp; Tous les hommes naissent-ils vraiment égaux, Monsieur Jefferson?
Translator &nbsp; Are all men created equal, Mister Jefferson?
French man 2 &nbsp; Ou serait-il plus légitime de dire, «&nbsp;tous les blancs naissent-ils égaux&nbsp;»?
Translator &nbsp; Or should this read, "all ] men are created equal"?
[[white people|white]
Thomas jefferson &nbsp; We allowed for certain differences that are not caused by the ] of men, but by ].&nbsp; And though the ] may or may not be inferior, his status in no way ] the ] of ].&nbsp; It is ].
[[laws; [laws of nature|those of nature; [Negro; [alters; [wrongness; [slavery; [evil]
Marquis de Lafayette &nbsp; Yet your ], I believe, contained a clause on the ] of slavery.
[[United States Declaration of Independence#Earlier drafts|first draft; [abolition]
Thomas jefferson &nbsp; I considered it ], but ] struck it out of the final Declaration as being too particular.
[[essential; [Second Continental Congress|Congress]
French man 1 &nbsp; La question de l'esclavage reste donc ouverte et non resolve, chez vous?
Translator &nbsp; So the question remains open with you and unresolved.
French man 2 &nbsp; Votre révolution, Monsieur Jefferson, nous apparait comme incomplete.
Translator &nbsp; Your ], Mister Jefferson, appears to be incomplete.
[[American Revolution|revolution]
Marquis de Lafayette &nbsp; Why did you omit the notion of ] as one of those rights?
[[property]
Thomas jefferson &nbsp; Well, while I hold the right of the ] to possess property as basic, I consider it as a means to ] ], but not as an ] in itself.
[[individual; [human; [happiness; [purpose|end]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.