Jon Meacham Quotes

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• While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments…
• Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know…
• Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.
• In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com job to the…
• In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off…
• A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our…
• We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we always try to do. We…
• There is nothing new under the sun.
• It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth…
• We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them that you're right, but that…
• 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 the…
• The government invented the Internet.
• The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous…
• Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history…
• A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that…
• Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so…
• An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free…
• The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future…
• If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin…
• I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was…

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