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Jon Meacham quotes: At Monticello he planned to return to farming and gardening with passionate zeal.

At Monticello he planned to return to farming and gardening with passionate zeal.

Jon Meacham quotes: We live in a center-right country. Now watch me smile oleaginously.

We live in a center-right country. Now watch me smile oleaginously.

Jon Meacham quotes: conceived and held up to the angry

conceived and held up to the angry

Jon Meacham quotes: The denial of the popular will, Jefferson said privately, "opens upon us an abyss at which every sincere patriot must shudder."15

The denial of the popular will, Jefferson said privately, "opens upon us an abyss at which every sincere patriot must shudder."15

Jon Meacham quotes: An important thing to remember about the press is there is no ideological bias

An important thing to remember about the press is there is no ideological bias

Jon Meacham quotes: Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

Jon Meacham quotes: Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

Jon Meacham quotes: The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality.

The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality.

Jon Meacham quotes: World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.

World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.

Jon Meacham quotes: For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

Jon Meacham quotes: The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

Jon Meacham quotes: The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.

The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.

Jon Meacham quotes: [T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

Jon Meacham quotes: I have, for instance, silently corrected Jefferson's frequent use of "it's" for "its" and "recieve" for "receive,

I have, for instance, silently corrected Jefferson's frequent use of "it's" for "its" and "recieve" for "receive,

Jon Meacham quotes: President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.

President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.

Jon Meacham quotes: Finally, at one p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 180161, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson prevailed. R

Finally, at one p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 180161, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson prevailed. R

Jon Meacham quotes: be together when it's

be together when it's

Jon Meacham quotes: Well," Bush answered, "I'm worried that sometimes your idealism will get in the way of what I think is sound governance.

Well," Bush answered, "I'm worried that sometimes your idealism will get in the way of what I think is sound governance.

Jon Meacham quotes: It did not speak well of the power of God, in other words, if He needed a human government to prop him up.

It did not speak well of the power of God, in other words, if He needed a human government to prop him up.

Jon Meacham quotes: His experience of the past two decades in foreign policy had also taught him that time often resolved the issues of the hour.

His experience of the past two decades in foreign policy had also taught him that time often resolved the issues of the hour.

Jon Meacham quotes: No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

Jon Meacham quotes: knows how this will end: but assuredly in one extreme or the other. There can be no medium between those who have loved so much.

knows how this will end: but assuredly in one extreme or the other. There can be no medium between those who have loved so much.

Jon Meacham quotes: A politician's task was to bring reality and policy into the greatest possible account with the ideal and the principled.

A politician's task was to bring reality and policy into the greatest possible account with the ideal and the principled.

Jon Meacham quotes: Washington. In Monroe's Cabinet, Secretary of

Washington. In Monroe's Cabinet, Secretary of

Jon Meacham quotes: You are now old enough to know how very important to your future life will be the manner in which you employ your present time

You are now old enough to know how very important to your future life will be the manner in which you employ your present time

Jon Meacham quotes: Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another.

Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another.

Jon Meacham quotes: Jackson lead as he lived, sometimes with his heart, sometimes with his mind, sometimes with both.

Jackson lead as he lived, sometimes with his heart, sometimes with his mind, sometimes with both.

Jon Meacham quotes: Or, as Jackson would have said: The people, sir-the people will set things right.

Or, as Jackson would have said: The people, sir-the people will set things right.

Jon Meacham quotes: As a rule, politicians tend to remember the things they wish to emulate or the things they hope to avoid.

As a rule, politicians tend to remember the things they wish to emulate or the things they hope to avoid.

Jon Meacham quotes: events in other countries." The

events in other countries." The

Jon Meacham quotes: For devotees of doctrine tended to fall in love with their own righteousness, ignoring inconvenient facts.

For devotees of doctrine tended to fall in love with their own righteousness, ignoring inconvenient facts.

Jon Meacham quotes: Respect, that most prized of commodities, came from achievement. The better you did - the

Respect, that most prized of commodities, came from achievement. The better you did - the

Jon Meacham quotes: on Tuesdays and Fridays Dorothy walked to lessons with her piano teacher, Mrs. Hickenlooper.

on Tuesdays and Fridays Dorothy walked to lessons with her piano teacher, Mrs. Hickenlooper.

Jon Meacham quotes: Of all the cankers of human happiness, none corrodes it with so silent, yet so baneful, a tooth, as indolence,

Of all the cankers of human happiness, none corrodes it with so silent, yet so baneful, a tooth, as indolence,

Jon Meacham quotes: In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

Jon Meacham quotes: The government invented the Internet.

The government invented the Internet.

Jon Meacham quotes: Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.

Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.

Jon Meacham quotes: You don't kick a man when he is down," Bush dictated. "You don't revel in his demise. You don't pile on in life.

You don't kick a man when he is down," Bush dictated. "You don't revel in his demise. You don't pile on in life.

Jon Meacham quotes: I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of eternal fate definitively, much less pinpoint it to a given day.

I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of eternal fate definitively, much less pinpoint it to a given day.

Jon Meacham quotes: Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

Jon Meacham quotes: Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.

Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.

Jon Meacham quotes: As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.1 - THOMAS JEFFERSON, July 5, 1775

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.1 - THOMAS JEFFERSON, July 5, 1775

Jon Meacham quotes: Bushes didn't whine. "Do your best and don't look back" - that was the code.

Bushes didn't whine. "Do your best and don't look back" - that was the code.

Jon Meacham quotes: Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole.

Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole.

Jon Meacham quotes: Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

Jon Meacham quotes: I THINK IT IS MONTAIGNE who has said that ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head,

I THINK IT IS MONTAIGNE who has said that ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head,

Jon Meacham quotes: Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.

Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.

Jon Meacham quotes: Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

Jon Meacham quotes: It is error alone that needs the support of government.2 Truth can stand by itself. - THOMAS JEFFERSON, on freedom of religion

It is error alone that needs the support of government.2 Truth can stand by itself. - THOMAS JEFFERSON, on freedom of religion

Jon Meacham quotes: Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.

Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.

Jon Meacham quotes: Leadership meant knowing how to distill complexity into a comprehensible message to reach the hearts as well as the minds of the larger world.

Leadership meant knowing how to distill complexity into a comprehensible message to reach the hearts as well as the minds of the larger world.

Jon Meacham quotes: We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse.

We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse.

Jon Meacham quotes: Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson)

Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson)

Jon Meacham quotes: The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way.

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way.