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> [“In the wake of the British army’s burning of the roughly 3,000 books belonging to Congress at Washington, Jefferson offered to sell the nation his own collection.42 There were 6,487 volumes in Jefferson’s hands; in the words of the National…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/in-the-wake-of-the-british-army-s-burning-of-the-roughly-3-000-books/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

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## More by Jon Meacham

> [Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/scripture-is-not-inerrant-believers-are-called-to-interpret-biblical/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/as-a-southerner-born-after-the-epic-events-of-the-civil-rights/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/we-are-now-living-in-a-post-roosevelt-post-reagan-universe-what-comes/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [“his other hand. Sensitive to his guest’s affliction, Churchill realized that “every step” was”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/his-other-hand-sensitive-to-his-guest-s-affliction-churchill-realized/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/too-many-activists-have-convinced-themselves-that-they-have-a/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/in-the-fullness-of-time-i-suspect-that-bigotry-against-homosexuals/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/mysteries-and-thrillers-are-not-the-same-things-though-they-are/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [“When Lincoln was running for the House of Representatives from Illinois, he was charged with being “a scoffer at religion,” wrote the historian William…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/when-lincoln-was-running-for-the-house-of-representatives-from/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [“The Man who has not Music in his Soul, Or is not touch’d with Concord of sweet Sounds, Is fit for Treason, Stratagems, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/the-man-who-has-not-music-in-his-soul-or-is-not-touch-d-with-concord/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/i-am-an-episcopalian-who-takes-the-faith-of-my-fathers-seriously-and/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/only-the-most-unapologetic-biblical-fundamentalists-for-instance-take/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [“There was, of course, a more immediate point to frequent gatherings of lawmakers, diplomats, and cabinet officers at the president’s table. It tends to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/there-was-of-course-a-more-immediate-point-to-frequent-gatherings-of/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [“For Jefferson, William and Mary was largely about what university life is supposed to be about: reading books, enjoying the company of like-minded, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/for-jefferson-william-and-mary-was-largely-about-what-university-life/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it rule to Bush and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/one-wonders-whether-the-obama-re-election-campaign-may-be-on-the/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

> [Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/reagan-is-the-republican-fdr-an-exemplar-of-presidential-greatness/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

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