Quotes by : Jon Meacham

Democracy is easy; republicanism is hard. Democracy is fueled by passion; republicanism is founded on....

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

The political nature of man made it highly unlikely that a society designed to meet regularly would remain....

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

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity....

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection....

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....

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

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