"It would be wonderful if the public sector……" — Jon Meacham
"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, reality is more complicated than comforting caricatures. Governments fail, and corporations fail."
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77 Quotes by Jon Meacham
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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less…
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Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the…
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Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.
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In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about…
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A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but…
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We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we…
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There is nothing new under the sun.
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not…
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We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them…
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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…
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The government invented the Internet.
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Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.
— Karen Armstrong
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
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This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at…
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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
— Albert Camus
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And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.
— George Carlin
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Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!
— Louis Untermeyer
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Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I,…
— George Arnold
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Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will!
— William Shakespeare
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In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my…
— Jane Welsh Carlyle
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If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose…
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