In the Hands of the People: Thomas Jefferson on Equality, Faith, Freedom, Compromise, and the Art of Citizenship

by Jon Meacham

“I judge every man’s faith by his life,” said he in a letter to me, “and I wish my fellow citizens to judge of mine by the same test.” MARGARET BAYARD SMITH, EARLY AMERICAN AUTHOR, TO JANE BAYARD KIRKPATRICK, MARCH 31, 1830