Quote by Jon Meacham
The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of g

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 compact all the time. – Jon Meacham

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The traditional religious rights failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. – Jon Meacham

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Failure
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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, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? – Jon Meacham

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Government
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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 of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing – good for our political culture. – Jon Meacham

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Faith
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I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. Its a cruel and evil government. – Doris Lessing

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Government

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society. – William Hague

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Government

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive. – Jeff Miller

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Government

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. – Bono

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What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive. – Jay Alan Sekulow

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Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners. – Fred A. Allen

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The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses. – Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But theres also something about it that every time you really feel like youre doing it for the first time you have no idea whether youre capable of it. – Brit Marling

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