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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Book by Jon Meacham · 5 quotes · Leader, All Things New, Aspiration

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“There is usually a moment in the life of a new president when he begins to see himself not as an aspirant desperate to win but as a statesman above the squalor and sweat of actual vote getting. Rising men do not like to be reminded of the smell of the stables; dignitaries dislike recollections of the dust through which they have come.”