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“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.

— Anna Quindlen

“To this day it's hard to believe that a politician as smart as Dick Nixon could have allowed something that stupid to happen. He…

— Herman E. Talmadge

I think that the great presidents have always been a little more clever.

— Bill Bradley

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the…

— Harry Shearer

“In politics and in his personal life, Thomas Jefferson was a complicated man, but in one thing he was consistent: the wanted the best…

— Thomas J. Craughwell

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

— Henry Louis Mencken

“Presidents could be fickle and arbitrary. Each new one with wildly different visions and priorities. And when all was said and done, they were…

— Douglas E. Richards

“Broadly put, philosophers think: politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the art of…

— Jon Meacham

I know that Donald Trump is a smart man.

— Omari Hardwick

Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.

— Andy Rooney

There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess as a…

— Barack Obama