Williamsburg Regional Library

In the hands of the people, Thomas Jefferson on equality, faith, freedom, compromise, and the art of citizenship, edited and with an introduction by Jon Meacham ; afterword by Annette Gordon-Reed ; a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages [97]-98)

contains biographical information

no index present

non fiction

In the hands of the people

1136965736

edited and with an introduction by Jon Meacham ; afterword by Annette Gordon-Reed ; a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Thomas Jefferson on equality, faith, freedom, compromise, and the art of citizenship

"Thomas Jefferson believed in the covenant between a government and its citizens, in both the government's responsibilities to its people and also the people's responsibility to the republic. In this illuminating collection, a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham has gathered Jefferson's most powerful and provocative reflections on the subject, drawn from public speeches and documents as well as his private correspondence. Still relevant centuries later, Jefferson's words provide a manual for U.S. citizenship in the twenty-first century. His thoughts will re-shape and revitalize the way readers relate to concepts including Freedom: "Divided we stand, united we fall." The importance of a free press:"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Public education: "Enlighten the public generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body & mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." Participation in government: A citizen should be "a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.""--, Provided by publisher

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Thomas Jefferson on equality, faith, freedom, compromise, and the art of citizenship