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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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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World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. – Jon Meacham

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History
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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 as a sure and steady march toward greatness. – Jon Meacham

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Im in politics. Im in government, so nothing surprises me. – Andrew Cuomo

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Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesnt pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone. – Sarah Palin

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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. Its the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. – Lily Tomlin

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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. – George Washington

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All men by nature desire to know. – Aristotle

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As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new – and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend. – James Russell Lowell

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I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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