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From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. Well all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. – Jon Meacham

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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 tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far. – Jon Meacham

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Future
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Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility. – Jon Meacham

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Experience
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The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. – Paul Valery

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History is written by the victors. – Winston Churchill

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Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. – Dante Alighieri

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History

History balances the frustration of “how far we have to go” with the satisfaction of “how far we have come.” It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time. – Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. – Henry Van Dyke

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If we value what weve inherited for free – from other women – surely its right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, Im a feminist. – Annie Lennox

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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. – Leonard Cohen

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