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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 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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History
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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 we need to hone our skills to stay in play. – Jon Meacham

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Business
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The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. – Jon Meacham

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I didnt do improv in college, I never performed, I didnt do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. – Demetri Martin

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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong. – Wendell Willkie

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To rule is easy, to govern difficult. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also. – Fred Woodworth, The Match!, No.79

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Forbidden things have a secret charm. – Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. – John Edward Masefield

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As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible. – Mario Batali

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Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? – Marie Antoinette

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