nivia castrellon

“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.”
― Jon Meacham, 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.”
― Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

“Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.”27”
― Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe

“My father always said that was the difference between an American and an Englishman. An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; an American thinks a hundred years is a long time.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn