Visiting Thomas Jeffersons historic home, Monticello, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today paid tribute to the nations third President, telling an audience of supporters, We must never forget the wisdom of Jefferson, and his wife, Weezy. Governor Palin said that at a time of our history when the American people needed leadership, it was Jefferson who said the immortal words, Were movin on up. The former Alaska Governor, criticized in recent days over her grasp of American history, used the Monticello speech to demonstrate her knowledge of the countrys founding fathers. Let us have the ingenuity of Benjamin Franklin, who invented the electric chair, she said. Let us have the honesty of George Washington, who told his father that he chopped down a cherry tree because it was blocking his view of Russia, she added. And let us have Washingtons perseverance, which he demonstrated during that harsh winter at Sweet Valley High. But she saved her most fulsome praise for her favorite American hero, Paul Revere: In his famous cry, One if by land, two if by sea, Paul Revere proved that you dont have to know how to count higher than two to be a great American. At the end of her speech in Monticello, Governor Palin said that she was looking forward to the next stop on her bus tour, Philadelphia, the home of the Taco Bell. 