Best Jon Meacham Quotes
- Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security,… Accurately
- One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those… Apostles
- Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is… Always Subject
- The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many believers, may help… America
- The more we can do to support and promulgate the intellectual traditions of the Abrahamic faiths - of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - the better… Abrahamic
- The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the… Assert
- I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of eternal fate definitively, much less pinpoint it to a given day. Answer
- In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes. Bigotry
- President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed. Losing
- Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. Exemplar
- Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. Believer
- The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets. Adam
- The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. Achievement
- The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country. America
- Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation. America
- World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. Collaboration
- Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic -… Allegorical
- 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 have… Always Wondered
- Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade… Brightly
- I believe history will come to view 9/11 as an event on par with November 22, 1963, the date on which John F. Kennedy was… Believe
- If heaven is understood more as God's space on earth than as an ethereal region apart from the essential reality we know, then what happens… Apart
- Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely… Account
- Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but… Ancient
- From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I… Absolutely
- Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on… Access