Best Jon Meacham Sayings
- Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a… D Roosevelt
- History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us,… America
- I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among… Admirer
- I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were… Bear
- I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I… Believe
- Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so… Check
- It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a… Based
- It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the… Brought
- Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and… American
- Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive… Action
- Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in… America
- One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse… Central
- Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in… Around Older
- The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of… Acts
- The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a… Alliance
- With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and… Afforded
- The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history… Always Seems
- Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority,… All
- A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who… Appealing
- Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded… Attention
- The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social… Accept
- It would be wonderful if the public sector were always great, or always terrible; or if the private sector were always great, or always terrible.… Alas
- Whoever rises to deliver the inaugural Address of 2013 will speak to a nation in which the American Dream is under profound economic and cultural… Address
- The American Dream may be slipping away. We have overcome such challenges before. To recover the Dream requires knowing where it came from, how it… American
- The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in… Allow