The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 15 Quotes

“The president’s title as proposed by the senate was the most superlatively ridiculous thing I ever heard of. It is a proof the more of the justice of the character given by Doctr. Franklin of my friend [John Adams]: ‘Always an honest man, often a great one, but sometimes absolutely mad'.”
― Thomas Jefferson, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 15: March 1789 to November 1798