Thomas Jefferson wrote the radical document at the heart of the
American experiment. The Declaration of Independence. “All men are
created equal.” And he kept slaves. He argued mightily against a
too-powerful central government, and he led the federal government as
the nation’s third president. He was a planter, a scientist, an
historian, an Enlightenment-smitten philosopher, and – says biographer
Jon Meacham – a surpassing politician. With a flexibility that our
politicians today could use. This hour, On Point: Thomas Jefferson, the
philosopher politician. / Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/07/04/thomas-jefferson-jon-meacham
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