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# E.J. Dionne Jr

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##  Quotes by E.J. Dionne Jr

> [“...if Clinton's answers come off as well-intended lectures, Obama is offering soaring sermons and generational opportunity. In 1960, the articulate Adlai Stevenson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne-jr/if-clinton-s-answers-come-off-as-well-intended-lectures-obama-is/)

[E.J. Dionne Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne-jr/)

[Newspaper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/newspaper/)

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> [“The ideas in each—from profit-sharing with employees to new approaches to job training, from reform of the financial system to promote long-term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne-jr/the-ideas-in-each-from-profit-sharing-with-employees-to-new/)

[E.J. Dionne Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne-jr/)

[Fitness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fitness/)

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> [“Religious people should always be wary of the ways in which political power is wielded and skeptical of how economic privileges are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne-jr/religious-people-should-always-be-wary-of-the-ways-in-which-political/)

[E.J. Dionne Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne-jr/)

[Human nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-nature/)

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