Quotes by : Jon Meacham

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

As much as Jefferson loved France residence abroad gave him greater appreciation for his own nation.....

A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but....

For Jefferson, William and Mary was largely about what university life is supposed to be about: reading....

He was the most contradictory of men. A champion of extending freedom and democracy to even the poorest....

Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come,....

In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism....

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

Baron Humboldt asked Jefferson, "Why are these libels allowed? Why is not this libelous journal suppressed,....

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