Jefferson basically meant the Revolution of 1770’s never really stops. unfortuantely too many US citizens dropped the ball and let people get into places and lull their minds into thinking the world is about them and all the comforts they “deserve” - of which America was never really about comforts and self serving for all, but about freedom for individual choice and what it leads to (work hard or not, etc).
Jan 6th 2021 is just part of the ongoing battles, glad you are in the fight for our country.
He means just exactly what he says.