Jon Meacham Quotes

Jefferson's Decision To Acquire Louisiana Without Seeking A Constitutional Amendment Expanded The Powers Of The Executive In Ways That Would Likely Have Driven Jefferson To Distraction Had Another Man Been President. Much Of His Political Life, Though, Had Been Devoted To The Study And The Wise Exercise Of Power. He Did What Had To Be Done To Preserve The Possibility Of Republicanism And Progress. Things Were Neat Only In Theory. And Despite His Love Of Ideas And Image Of Himself, Thomas Jefferson Was As Much A Man Of Action As He Was Of Theory. Indian

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