“A politician's task was to bring reality and policy into the greatest possible account with the ideal and the principled.” — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“politics is brutal because it engages the most fundamental human impulses for affection, honor, power, and fame. Great principles and grand visions… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“He turned the presidency – and the President's House – into something it had not been before: a center of curiosity and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“Politicians often talk too much and listen too little, which can be self-defeating, for in many instances the surer route to winning… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it rule to… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“A high-flying politician,” Hopkinson wrote, “is I think not unlike a balloon—he is full of inflammability, he is driven along by every… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“There was, of course, a more immediate point to frequent gatherings of lawmakers, diplomats, and cabinet officers at the president’s table. It… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. — Jon Meacham Copy Share
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse. — Jon Meacham Copy Share
“his other hand. Sensitive to his guest’s affliction, Churchill realized that “every step” was” — Jon Meacham Copy Share
Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes. — Jon Meacham Copy Share
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
“When Lincoln was running for the House of Representatives from Illinois, he was charged with being “a scoffer at religion,” wrote the historian William… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
“The Man who has not Music in his Soul, Or is not touch’d with Concord of sweet Sounds, Is fit for Treason, Stratagems, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
“There was, of course, a more immediate point to frequent gatherings of lawmakers, diplomats, and cabinet officers at the president’s table. It tends to… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
“For Jefferson, William and Mary was largely about what university life is supposed to be about: reading books, enjoying the company of like-minded, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it rule to Bush and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share
