“It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving,” he explained, “and every man may take comfort from the fine saying that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.”70”
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“My mind has been long fixed to bow to the judgment of the world, who will judge me by my acts, and will never take counsel from me as to what that judgment should be.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Leadership, Jefferson was learning, meant knowing how to distill complexity into a comprehensible message to reach the hearts as well as the minds of the larger world.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.”27”
― Einstein: His Life and Universe
― Einstein: His Life and Universe
“The best political figures create the impression that they find everyone they encounter to be what Abigail Adams said Jefferson was: “one of the choice ones of the earth.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
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