The Jefferson Memorial is located south of the National Mall, on the bank of the Potomac River. It was built between 1939 and 1943 after the plans of John Russell Pope, on the initiative of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The building follows classic Roman patterns, and slightly resembles public buildings designed by Jefferson himself. The 5.8 m tall bronze statue inside the Memorial is the work of Rudulph Evans. The inside walls are decorated with passages from Jefferson’s writings, the most prominent is from a letter written in 1800: „I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”