• Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.

    Jonathan Raban: Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.
    "'He tried his best to veil it, but Obama is an intellectual'" by Jonathan Raban, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.