Jon Meacham Quotes.
1. "We live in a center-right country. Now watch me smile oleaginously."
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Quote by Jon Meacham
2. "Her last words have been the law of my life: Andrew, if I should not see you again, I wish you to remember and treasure up some things I have already said to you: in this world you will have to make your own way. To do that you must have friends. You can make friends by being honest, and you can keep them by being steadfast. You must keep in mind that friends worth having will in the long run expect as much from you as they give to you. To forget an obligation or be ungrateful for a kindness is a base crime-not merely a fault or a sin, but an actual crime. Men guilty of it sooner or later must suffer the penalty. In personal conduct be always polite but never obsequious. None will respect you more than you respect yourself. Avoid quarrels as long as you can without yielding to imposition. But sustain your manhood always. Never bring a suit in law for assault and battery or for defamation. The law affords no remedy for such outrages that can satisfy the feelings of a true man. Never wound the feelings of others. Never brook wanton outrage upon your own feelings. If you ever have to vindicate your feelings or defend your honor, do it calmly. If angry at first, wait until your wrath cools before you proceed."
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Quote by Jon Meacham
3. "It's Shakespeare, to have a single family in which human flaws and virtues are on such vivid display—and the constant struggle between those vices and those virtues to try to do good and fulfill one's duty."
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Quote by Jon Meacham
4. "Baron Humboldt asked Jefferson, "Why are these libels allowed? Why is not this libelous journal suppressed, or its editor at least, fined and imprisoned? The question gave Jefferson a perfect opening. "Put that paper in your pocket, Baron, and should you hear the reality of our liberty, the freedom of our press, questioned, show this paper, and tell where you found it."
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Quote by Jon Meacham
5. "In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940."
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Jon Meacham, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
6. "The service--a moved Roosevelt called it the "keynote" of his meeting with Churchill--was working a kind of magic, which is one of the points of liturgy and theater: to use the dramatic to convince people of a reality they cannot see."
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Jon Meacham, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
8. "his other hand. Sensitive to his guest’s affliction, Churchill realized that every step was"
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Jon Meacham, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
9. "Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson)"
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Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
10. "Jackson was a transformative president in part because he had a transcendent personality; other presidents who followed him were not transformative, and served unremarkably."
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Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House