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“The suspect nature of these stories can be seen in the anecdote Jefferson told of Hamilton visiting his lodging in 1792 and inquiring about…

— Ron Chernow

“In the case of everything that belongs to the realm of sentiment, religion, politics, morality, the affections, and antipathies, etc. The most eminent men…

— Gustave Le Bon

“A most remarkable man; the sort of man I wish to be , of whom it might someday be said, that he was much…

— Brian Doyle

“..myself standing in front of Monticello wearing a veil and a wedding gown, hand in hand with a very muscular President Jefferson.”

— Anne Fortier

“the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

— Bruce Bryans

“Jefferson is now remembered as the author of one of the English language’s most timeless passages, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that…

— Charles River Editors

“Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.”

— Joseph J. Ellis

“Arthur Jelliby was a very nice young man, which was perhaps the reason why he had never made much of a politician.”

— Stefan Bachmann

“Great men taken up in any way are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him.”

— Thomas Carlyle

“There’s not a person in history who achieved greatness without choking back some pride, without ever smiling at someone they despised, without playing along…

— S. J. Kincaid

I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he…

— Maira Kalman

“What's remarkable about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.”

— Robert Graves